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Bridging the divide : religious dialogue and universal ethics / foreword by Helmut Schmidt ; edited by Thomas S. Axworthy.

Contributor(s): Axworthy, Tom, 1947- | InterAction Council | Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies
Material type: TextTextSeries: Papers for the InterAction Council: v. 1.Publisher: Kingston, Ont. : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: xvi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781553392194 (pbk.); 1553392191 (pbk.); 9781553392200; 1553392205Subject(s): Peace -- Religious aspects | Religion and politics | Religion and ethicsBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The three Abrahamic religions: historical upheavals, present challenges / Hans Küng -- The Analects of Confucius / TU Weiming -- Overcoming ignorance, greed, and hatred with insight, interdependence, and peace: a Buddhist perspective / Koshin Ohtani -- Judaism as a factor in world politics / Jonathan Magonet -- Hinduism: the dalliance of religion and politics / Acharya Shrivatsa Goswami -- Japanese Shinto as a factor in world politics / Seiken Sugiura -- Buddhism as a factor in world politics: a Theravada experience / Mettanando Bhikkhu -- Shia Islam as a factor in world politics / Abodolkarim Soroush -- Islam as a factor in global politics: searching for common values to guide a globalizing world / Kamal Aboulmagd -- Mahayana Buddhism as a factor in world politics / Osamu Yoshida -- Christianity as a factor in global politics / Hans Küng -- Thirteen steps for peace: on rereading a Jewish prayer / Jonathan Magonet -- Beyond the enlightenment mentality: anthropocosmic perspective / TU Weiming -- Hinduism and politics: the role of religious antagonisms in Indian history and politics / Stephan Schlensog -- Sinai as an emblem of peace in the world today / Archbishop Damianos Hegumen -- Doing evil to do good: is there an alternative approach to military intervention in the clash of civilizations? / Thomas S. Axworthy -- Some contributions to a universal declaration of human obligations / Oscar Arias Sanchez -- Human rights and human responsibilities in the age of terrorism / Malcolm Fraser -- On a politician's ethics / Helmut Schmidt.

Includes bibliographical references.

The three Abrahamic religions: historical upheavals, present challenges / Hans Küng -- The Analects of Confucius / TU Weiming -- Overcoming ignorance, greed, and hatred with insight, interdependence, and peace: a Buddhist perspective / Koshin Ohtani -- Judaism as a factor in world politics / Jonathan Magonet -- Hinduism: the dalliance of religion and politics / Acharya Shrivatsa Goswami -- Japanese Shinto as a factor in world politics / Seiken Sugiura -- Buddhism as a factor in world politics: a Theravada experience / Mettanando Bhikkhu -- Shia Islam as a factor in world politics / Abodolkarim Soroush -- Islam as a factor in global politics: searching for common values to guide a globalizing world / Kamal Aboulmagd -- Mahayana Buddhism as a factor in world politics / Osamu Yoshida -- Christianity as a factor in global politics / Hans Küng -- Thirteen steps for peace: on rereading a Jewish prayer / Jonathan Magonet -- Beyond the enlightenment mentality: anthropocosmic perspective / TU Weiming -- Hinduism and politics: the role of religious antagonisms in Indian history and politics / Stephan Schlensog -- Sinai as an emblem of peace in the world today / Archbishop Damianos Hegumen -- Doing evil to do good: is there an alternative approach to military intervention in the clash of civilizations? / Thomas S. Axworthy -- Some contributions to a universal declaration of human obligations / Oscar Arias Sanchez -- Human rights and human responsibilities in the age of terrorism / Malcolm Fraser -- On a politician's ethics / Helmut Schmidt.

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