Global Responsibility: In Search of a New World Ethic

Global Responsibility: In Search of a New World Ethic We often blame religions for wars and dissent in the world. In this book, Hans Kung is recognizing both the new opportunities and potential dangers in this time of geopolitical change. Kung is a renowned expert on world-religions and their impact on society. His knowledge of the Abrahamic faith - Christianity, Judaism and Islam - is probably one of the most comprehensive. In this book, he calls for a minimum of shared ethical principles on which we should all agree, bringing believers and non-believers closer together. With a billion Catholics in the world, a billion Protestants and a billion Muslims - not to speak of several million Jews - half of the planet claims to belong to one of these religions. Kung is inviting these representatives of the great religions to encourage reconciliation and peace. The world faiths must provide foundations for ethical values and norms which could be universally binding. This book was published in the early nineties but its problematic remains very actual and current at a time when the United Nations are working on bringing religious leaders into their midst, to fight corruption and self-serving politics. Our global responsibility is clear: inter-religious dialogue is absolutely necessary since there is no possible survival without a common world ethic. Beyond democracy, we need to rediscover the common creteria for truth and to promote reconciliation worldwide. This scholarly contribution will stimulate the social, business and political leaders of the world to accept the challenge of dialogue and peace.

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