A Bibliographic Guide to the Comparative Study of Ethics [Hardcover]

Specialists in the history and literature of religions and comparative religion will find this bibliography a valuable research tool.This bibliography is the culmination of four years' work by a team of noted scholars; its annotated entries are organised by religious tradition and cover each tradition's central concepts, offering a judicious selection of primary and secondary works as well as recommendations of cross-cultural topics to be explored. Specialists in the history and literature of religions and comparative religion will find this bibliography a valuable research tool.This bibliography is the culmination of four years' work by a team of noted scholars; its annotated entries are organised by religious tradition and cover each tradition's central concepts, offering a judicious selection of primary and secondary works as well as recommendations of cross-cultural topics to be explored. Specialists in the history and literature of religions and comparative religion will find this bibliography a valuable research tool.This bibliography is the culmination of four years' work by a team of noted scholars; its annotated entries are organized by religious tradition and cover each tradition's central concepts, offering a judicious selection of primary and secondary works as well as recommendations of cross-cultural topics to be explored. Specialists in the history and literature of religions and comparative religion will find this bibliography a valuable research tool.Introduction: a global map of ethical traditions Mark Juergensmeyer; 1. Hindu ethics Barbara A. Holdrege; 2. Indian, Tibetan and Southeast Asian Buddhist ethics Douglas Renfrew Brooks; 3. Ancient Chinese ethics Christopher Cleary; 4. Chinese Buddhist ethics Kyoko Tokuno; 5. Taoist ethics Terry F. Kleeman; 6. Neo-Confucian religious ethics Thomas W. Selover; 7. Ethics in the Japanese religious tradition William Deal; 8. Ancient Greek religious ethics William J. Cassidy III; 9. Jewish ethics Samuel S. Wilc¶