{"product_id":"comparative-religious-ethics-isbn-9781444331332","title":"Comparative Religious Ethics","description":"This popular textbook has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect recent global developments, whilst retaining its unique and compelling narrative-style approach. Using ancient stories from diverse religions, it explores a broad range of important and complex moral issues, resulting in a truly reader-friendly and comparative introduction to religious ethics.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thoroughly revised and expanded new edition of this popular textbook, yet retains the unique narrative-style approach which has proved so successful with students\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the ways in which ancient stories from diverse religions, such as the Bhagavad Gita and the lives of Jesus and Buddha, have provided ethical orientation in the modern world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUpdated to reflect recent discussions on globalization and its influence on cross-cultural and comparative ethics, economic dimensions to ethics, Gandhian traditions, and global ethics in an age of terrorism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExpands coverage of Asian religions, quest narratives, the religious and philosophical approach to ethics in the West, and considers Chinese influences on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Zen Buddhism, and Augustine’s \u003ci\u003eConfessions\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccompanied by an instructor’s manual (coming soon, see \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/go\/fasching\"\u003ewww.wiley.com\/go\/fasching\u003c\/a\u003e) which shows how to use the book in conjunction with contemporary films\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Religion, Ethics, and Stories of War and Peace 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Religion, Ethics, and Storytelling 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStorytelling: from Comparative Ethics to Global Ethics 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion: the Sacred and the Holy 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Deep Structures of the Sacred and the Holy and Their Mediations 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Awakening of Ethical Consciousness: the Power of Religious Stories, East and West 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Religious Stories of the World – an Overview 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Postscript on Religious Language 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Stories of War and Peace in an Age of Globalization 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTales of Madness: from Auschwitz to Hiroshima 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuschwitz and Hiroshima: the Formative Religious Events of the Postmodern World 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechno-Bureaucratic Rationality and the Demise of Ethical Consciousness 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoubling and the Myth of Life through Death: the Spiritual Logic of Mass Death in the Twentieth Century 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Way of All the Earth: Global Ethics and Tales of Divine Madness 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II War and Peace: Ancient Stories and Postmodern Life Stories 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Ethics after Auschwitz and Hiroshima 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Gilgamesh and the Religious Quest 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Story of Gilgamesh 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrbanization, Doubling, Death, and the Possibility of Ethical Reflection 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Quest – the Way of the Virtues 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Socratic Religious Experience: from the Birth of Ethics to the Quest for Cosmopolis 100\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Story of the Trial of Socrates 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Socratic Invention of Ethics – the Way of Doubt 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Polis and the Quest for Cosmopolis: the Classical Era 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Story of Augustine’ s Confessions – Faith as a Surrender to Doubt 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Augustinian-Kantian Quest for a Global Ethic 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Hindu Stories – Ancient and Postmodern 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCosmic Story: the Myth of Liberation 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormative Story: Arjuna and Krishna 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife Story: Mohandas K. Gandhi and the Way of Brahmacharya 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Reflections: the Paradoxes of War and Peace 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Buddhist Stories – Ancient and Postmodern 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormative Story: Siddhartha 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cosmic Story Revised: the Myth of Liberation 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife Story: Thich Nhat Hanh, the Way of Mindfulness and the Dao of Zen 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Reflections: Gandhi and Thich Nhat Hanh 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript: the Virtues of the Quest in Gilgamesh, Augustine, and Siddhartha 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Jewish Stories – Ancient and Postmodern 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCosmic Story: the Myth of History 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormative Story: the Audacity of Job 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife Story: Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Way of Audacity 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Reflections: Heschel, Gandhi, and Thich Nhat Hanh 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Christian Stories – Ancient and Postmodern 234\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormative Story: Jesus of Nazareth 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cosmic Story Revised: the Incarnation of the Word 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife Story: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Way of the Cross 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Reflections: King, Heschel, Gandhi, and Thich Nhat Hanh 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Islamic Stories – Ancient and Postmodern 262\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormative Story: Muhammad 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCosmic Story: Further Revisions of the Myth of History 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife Story: Malcolm X and the Way of Pilgrimage 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Reflections: Just War or Non-Violence? – Malcolm X’s Argument with the Gandhian Tradition 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Path to Global Ethics – the Way of All the Earth 297\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Feminist Audacity and the Ethics of Interdependence 300\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Feminist Challenge to the Myths of Life through Death 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Feminist Alternative: Interdependence and the Ethics of Care 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife Story: Joanna Macy and Buddhist Ecofeminism 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife Story: Rosemary Ruether and Christian Ecofeminism 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Cosmopolis: the Way of All the Earth 327\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization and the Story of Babel: from Ethnocentrism to Interdependence 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcofeminism: from the Social Ecology of Conscience to the Social Ecology of Justice 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Way of All the Earth 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Names and Terms 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Subjects 355\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarrell J. Fasching\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida where he has previously served as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and as Chair of the Department of Religious Studies. His published books include \u003ci\u003eThe Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) and \u003ci\u003eThe Coming of the Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e (1996). He is also a co-author (with John Esposito and Todd Lewis) of \u003ci\u003eWorld Religions Today\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eReligion and Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDell deChant\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Instructor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Religious Studies at the University of South Florida. He is the author of a number of titles, including \u003ci\u003eReligion and Culture in the West: A Primer\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Santa: Religious Dimensions of Consumer Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid M. Lantigua\u003c\/b\u003e is a Ph.D. candidate in Moral Theology\/Christian Ethics at the University of Notre Dame. He is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eHispanic American Religious Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and has published in \u003ci\u003eAporia,\u003c\/i\u003e undergraduate philosophy journal. For the spring of 2011 he has received a grant for dissertation research in Salamanca, Spain, to investigate the topics of religious rights, just war, and the limits of toleration among sixteenth-century Spanish theologians and jurists.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is indeed a very rare thing to have the opportunity and privilege to work with a book that engages, challenges and provokes the student to wrestle with the fundamental ethical questions of our time. Comparative Religious Ethics is such a book. Intellectually rigorous, profoundly insightful and beautifully written, it is an invaluable resource for the instructor and student alike.\" \u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eLouise M. Doire, College of Charleston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Comparative Religious Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e invites the reader to comprehend the ethical teachings of the world's religions by means of narratives drawn from those traditions and from human historical experience. The stories range from Gilgamesh to Gandhi and from Hiroshima to globalization. Beneath the engaging narratives lies an approach rich in theoretical insights from the study of comparative religion and ethical theory.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald M. Green, Dartmouth College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new edition of this popular textbook has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect recent global developments. The book retains the unique and compelling narrative-style approach that has proved so successful with students; reflecting the ways in which ancient stories from diverse religions, such as the Bhagavad Gita and the lives of Jesus and Buddha, have been used by twentieth-century social activists, such as Gandhi, M. L. King, Jr., and Thich Nhat Hanh, to project an ethical framework and provide ethical orientation in the modern world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew to this edition are discussions of globalization and its influence on cross-cultural and comparative ethics, ecological dimensions to ethics, and Gandhian traditions of non-violence and global ethics in an age of terrorism. The book considers Augustine's Confessions in relation to the stories of Gilgamesh and the Buddha as quest narratives. It also considers Chinese Daoist influences on Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen Buddhism. Greater in-depth discussions are included on Asian religions, the role of virtue in quest narratives, and the religious and philosophical approach to ethics in the West. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring a broad range of important and complex moral issues in a clear and absorbing style, this is a truly reader- friendly and comparative introduction to religious ethics.   \"It is indeed a very rare thing to have the opportunity and privilege to work with a book that engages, challenges and provokes the student to wrestle with the fundamental ethical questions of our time. \u003ci\u003eComparative Religious Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e is such a book. Intellectually rigorous, profoundly insightful and beautifully written, it is an invaluable resource for the instructor and student alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eLouise M. Doire\u003c\/b\u003e, College of Charleston  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eComparative Religious Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e invites the reader to comprehend the ethical teachings of the world's religions by means of narratives drawn from those traditions and from human historical experience. The stories range from Gilgamesh to Gandhi and from Hiroshima to globalization. Beneath the engaging narratives lies an approach rich in theoretical insights from the study of comparative religion and ethical theory.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRonald M. 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