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Book cover image of Global Ethic by Hans Kung

Authors: Hans Kung (Editor), Hans Kung, Kus, Karl-Josef Kuschel (Editor), Karl-Josef Kuschel
ISBN-13: 9780826406408, ISBN-10: 0826406408
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Date Published: December 1993
Edition: Special ed

Author Biography: Hans Kung

Book Synopsis

This book presents the text of the Declaration, which had been drafted after a thorough process of interreligious and international consultation by Hans Kung, with a commentary explaining how it came to take its present form and what it sets out to do. Dr. Karl-Josef Kuschel, Hans Kung's Tubingen colleague, describes the historical background to the Parliament and gives an account of its proceedings.

	Preface	7
	The Parliament of the World's Religions
	The Principles of a Global Ethic	17
I	No new global order without a new global ethic	18
II	A fundamental demand: Every human being must be treated humanely	21
III	Four irrevocable directives	24
1	Commitment to a culture of non-violence and respect for life	24
2	Commitment to a culture of solidarity and a just economic order	26
3	Commitment to a culture of tolerance and a life of truthfulness	29
4	Commitment to a culture of equal rights and partnership between men and women	32
IV	A transformation of consciousness	34
	Commentaries and Background	41
	The History, Significance and Method of the Declaration Toward a Global Ethic	43
1	The prehistory	45
2	The preparations for the text	49
3	What had to be avoided in a declaration on a global ethic	53
4	What a declaration on a global ethic should contain	58
5	In the name of God? The Buddhists' objection	61
6	Disputed questions	65
7	A sign of hope	72
	The Parliament of the World's Religions, 1893-1993	77
1	How it all began	78
2	What is a 'parliament' of religions?	80
3	A latent 'Anglo-Saxon triumphalism'?	82
4	The collapse of Eurocentric Christian modernity	86
5	The polyreligious situation of our time: Chicago as an example	91
6	Conflicts and opportunities in the 1993 Parliament	94
7	The main themes: Global thinking - spirituality - ethics	97
	Documentation	107
	A. The Opening Plenary of the Parliament	109
	B. The Closing Plenary of the Parliament	122