Caring for Future Generations: Jewish, Christian and Islamic Perspectives [Hardcover]

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are increasingly discovering that what unites them is more important than what divides them. Many now acknowledge that an interreligious dialogue going beyond faith and spiritual fellowship to a common struggle for justice can enrich a holistic vision through a complementarity of perspectives. It is this spirit of interreligious dialogue that has inspired this volume and the conference on which it is based. Using as a focal point the conceptual framework of an abiding respect for human rights, in particular the rights of future generations, the contributors demonstrate that the three monotheistic faiths share several basic convictions, such as the need to protect our Earth for the benefit of our progeny, the fundamental unity of the human family, and the unity of past, present, and future generations.

EMMANUEL AGIUS is Senior Lecturer in Philosophical and Religious Ethics at the University of Malta. He is a member of Malta's National Bioethics Committee and editor of theFuture Generations Journal. He is the author of three books and coeditor of four publications on future generations.

LIONEL CHIRCOP is a graduate student at the University of Malta. He is Project Officer of the Future Generations Programme of the Foundation for International Studies at the University of Malta and coeditor of theFuture Generations Journal.

Preface
Introduction
Monotheistic Religions and Intergenerational Ethics by Ugo Mifsud Bonnici
God as the Guardian of Future Generations by Joseph Mercieca
Jewish Perspective
The Contribution of Judaism to Humankind's Future by Jeremy Rosen
Educating for Interreligious Responsibility by Raphael Jospe
Abraham's Legacy to Future Generations by Anthony Abela
Judaism and Ecology by David Rosen
Christian Perspective
World Peace-World Religions-World Ethic by Hans K?ng
Responsible Parenthood for Future Generations by Emilianos Timiadis
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