Research Catalog

Title

Ethics and world religions : cross-cultural case studies / Regina Wentzel Wolfe, Christine E. Gudorf, editors.

Publication

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [1999], ©1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wolfe, Regina Wentzel.
• Gudorf, Christine E.

Description

ix, 419 pages; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Ethics & world religions

Subject

• Religious ethics > Case studies
• Ethical problems

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Pt. I. Religion, Family, and Culture. 1. A Question of Compromise: A Case Study / Christine E. Gudorf -- An Islamic Response / Marcia K. Hermansen -- A Jewish Response / Mary Gendler. 2. Sex and the Single Person: A Case Study / Christine E. Gudorf -- A Black Missionary Baptist Response / Gregory Pope -- A Conservative Jewish Response / Adam Silverman. 3. A Tangle of Laws: A Case Study / Adam Silverman and Christine E. Gudorf -- A Conservative Jewish Response / Adam Silverman -- A Roman Catholic Response / Diane M. Millis. 4. Marriage Is for Life: A Case Study / Regina Wentzel Wolfe -- A Hindu Response / Edeltraud Harzer Clear -- An Eastern Orthodox Christian Response / Stanley Samuel Harakas. 5. A Spectrum of Violence: A Case Study / Christine E. Gudorf -- A Baha'i Response / Evaz Fanaian -- A Christian Response / Christine E. Gudorf -- Pt. II. Religion and the State. 6. To Live among Dangerous Memories: A Case Study / Christine E. Gudorf --
• A Reconstructionist Jewish Response / Mitchell Chefitz -- A Protestant Christian Response / Ludger Gaillard. 7. A Matter of Veils: A Case Study / Christine E. Gudorf -- An Islamic Response / Bahar Davary -- A Christian Response / Frances S. Adeney. 8. A Bundle of Joy: A Case Study / Regina Wentzel Wolfe -- A Confucian Response / Charles B. Jones -- A Christian Response / Frances S. Adeney. 9. What Model of Development? A Case Study / Christine E. Gudorf -- A Yoruban Response / Leke Adeofe -- A Christian Response / Christine E. Gudorf. 10. Fighting for a Homeland: A Case Study / Regina Wentzel Wolfe -- An Islamic Response / Ismail H. Abdalla -- A Roman Catholic Response / William P. George -- Pt. III. Religion, Economics, and Ecology. 11. A Conflict of Interest: A Case Study / Christine E. Gudorf -- A Native American Response / Carol J. Gallagher -- A Hindu Response / Christopher Key Chapple. 12. A Long Awaited Call: A Case Study / Christine E. Gudorf --
• A Roman Catholic Response / Christine E. Gudorf -- A Buddhist Response / David McMahan. 13. The Successful Sarariiman: A Case Study / Regina Wentzel Wolfe -- A Buddhist Response / Richard K. Payne -- A Jewish Response / Ehud Ben-or and Ronald M. Green. 14. For the Good of the Children: A Case Study / Regina Wentzel Wolfe -- A Roman Catholic Response / Michael J. Naughton -- An Islamic Response / Mohamed Adam El-Sheikh -- Pt. IV. Religion, Medicine, and Public Health. 15. Children: Parental Right or Gift of God? A Case Study / Christine E. Gudorf -- A Buddhist Response / Ronald Y. Nakasone -- A Christian Response / Christine E. Gudorf. 16. An Unlikely Donor: A Case Study / Regina Wentzel Wolfe -- A Hindu Response / Rebecca J. Manring -- A Buddhist Response / Ronald Y. Nakasone. 17. An Issue of Murder? A Case Study / Christine E. Gudorf -- An Aymaran Christian Response / Diego Irarrazaval -- An Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Response / Vesna A. Wallace.
• 18. Parental Rights in the Age of AIDS: A Case Study / Christine E. Gudorf -- A Vodou Response / Terry Rey -- A Christian Response / Christine E. Gudorf.

ISBN

1570752400 (pbk.)

LCCN

99017423

OCLC

• 40738926
• ocm40738926

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries