Description: In today's world of unrest, we need shared ethical will, moral force and energy among the world's religious traditions. Shows how the overarching message of Judaism--just action as a guiding religious principle--holds a key in the pursuit of universal peace.
Brief description:
Rabbi Walter Homolka, PhD, DHL, is rector of the Abraham Geiger College for the training of rabbis, executive director of the Zacharias Frankel College, and a professor of Jewish studies at University of Potsdam in Germany. He is author of many books, including The Gate to Perfection: The Idea of Peace in Jewish Thought, coauthor of How to Do Good & Avoid Evil: A Global Ethic from the Sources of Judaism (SkyLight Paths), and a contributor to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism--Yizkor and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism--Ashamnu and Al Chet (both Jewish Lights).
Review Quotes:
"Enlightening and inspiring.... Convincingly shows ... all religions of the world can endorse a global ethic and each has a distinctive contribution to it. This book offers Judaism as a 'case study' for a global project."
-Paul F. Knitter, Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions, and Culture, Union Theological Seminary
"At a time when people around the globe experience great division but also the unifying power of technology, this new framework offers hope for interfaith dialogue and understanding."
-Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, president, Central Conference of American Rabbis
"Demonstrates the rich contribution Judaism can make to the development of an ethical framework for today's global society. [Gives] the Jewish tradition its rightful place at the center of the ongoing discussion of a global ethic."
-John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, PhD, professor of social ethics; director, Catholic-Jewish Studies Program, Catholic Theological Union
"Proclaims the equality and worth of all persons in the eyes of God-irrespective of their faiths.... A vital and significant addition to the library of ecumenical discourse and interfaith dialogue."
-Rabbi David Ellenson, president, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion