The Concept Of Freedom In Judaism Christianity And Islam

Author : Georges Tamer,Ursula Männle
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110561678

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The Concept of Freedom in Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Georges Tamer,Ursula Männle Pdf

The third volume of the series "Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of freedom in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time. The idea of freedom in terms of personal freedoms, which include freedom of conscience, freedom of speech and bodily integrity, is a relatively new one and can in some aspects get into conflict with religious convictions. At the same time, freedom as an emancipatory power from outer oppression as well as from inner dependencies is deeply rooted in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It is still a vital concept in religious and non-religious communities and movements. The volume presents the concept of freedom in its different aspects as anchored in the traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It unfolds commonalities and differences between the three monotheistic religions as well as the manifold discourses about freedom within these three traditions. The book offers fundamental knowledge about the specific understanding of freedom in each one of these traditions, their interdependencies and their relationship to secular interpretations.

Author : Catharina Rachik,Georges Tamer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110561579

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The Concept of Human Rights in Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Catharina Rachik,Georges Tamer Pdf

The second volume of the series "Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses" points out the roots of the concept of ''human rights'' in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It shows how far the universal validity of ''human rights'' opposes in some crucial points with religious traditions. The volume demonstrates that new perspectives are introduced to the general discussion about human rights when related to religious traditions. Especially the interreligious viewpoint proves that a new kind of debate about human rights and its history is necessary.

Author : Georges Tamer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110682021

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The Concept of Peace in Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Georges Tamer Pdf

The eighth volume of the series "Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of "peace" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time. Facing present violent conflicts waged and justified by religious ideas or reasons, peace building prevails in current debates about religion and peace. Here the central question is: How may traditional sources in religions help to put down the weapons and create a society in which everyone can live safely without hostilities and the threat of violence? When we take the Sacred Scriptures of Judaism, Christianity and Islam into consideration it becomes obvious that the term "peace" and its equivalents in Hebrew, Greek and Arabic describe, at first, an ideal state based on the "love" / "mercy" of God to his creation. It is a divine gift that brings inward peace to the individuum and outer peace resting upon justice and equality. One main task of Jews, Christian and Muslims in the history is to find out how to bring down this transcendent ideal upon earth. The volume presents the concept of "peace" in its different aspects as anchored in the traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It unfolds commonalities and differences between the three monotheistic religions as well as the manifold discourses about peace within these three traditions. The book offers fundamental knowledge about the specific understanding of peace in each one of these traditions, their interdependencies and their relationship to secular world views.

Author : Georges Tamer,Katja Thörner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110733136

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The Concept of Just War in Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Georges Tamer,Katja Thörner Pdf

For Jews, Christians and Muslims, as for all human beings, military conflicts and war remain part of the reality of the world. The authoritative writings of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, namely the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Koran, as well as the theological and philosophical traditions based on them, bear witness to this fact. Showing the influence of different historical political situations, various views – sometimes quite similar, sometimes more divergent -- have developed in the three religions to justify the waging of war under certain circumstances. Such views have also been integrated in different ways into legal systems while, in certain cases, theologies have provide legitimation for military expansion and atrocities. The aim of the volume The Concept of Just War in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is to explore the respective understanding of “just war” in each one of these three religions and to make their commonalities and differences discursively visible. In addition, it highlights and explains the significance of the topic to the present time. Can the concepts developed in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions in order to justify war, serve as a foundation for contemporary peace ethics? Or do religious arguments always add fuel to the fire in armed conflict? The contributions in this volume will help provide answers to these and other socially and politically relevant questions.

Author : Christopher D Ringwald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195370195

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A Day Apart by Christopher D Ringwald Pdf

An examination of the Sabbath--encompassing its customs and its controversies--from Creation to the present in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam shows how three families observe the holy day and what it means to them.

Author : Silvio Ferrari,Mark Hill QC,Arif A Jamal,Rossella Bottoni
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351401951

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Routledge Handbook of Freedom of Religion or Belief by Silvio Ferrari,Mark Hill QC,Arif A Jamal,Rossella Bottoni Pdf

Freedom of religion is an issue of universal interest and scope. However, in the last two centuries at least, the philosophical, religious and legal terms of the question have been largely defined in the West. In an increasingly global world, widening our knowledge of this right’s roots in different cultural and legal systems becomes a priority. This Handbook seeks to attain this goal through a better understanding of the historical roots and expressions of the right to freedom of religion on the one hand and, on the other, of its theological background in different religious traditions. History and theology provide the setting for the analysis of the politics of freedom of religion, that is, how this right is used in the context of the dialogue/confrontation between countries placed in different cultural regions of the world, and of the legal strategies and tools that have been developed and are employed to protect and foster the right to freedom of religion. Behind these legal and political strategies, there is an ongoing debate about the nature of this right, whose main features are explored in the final section. Global, historical and interdisciplinary in approach, this book studies the new relevance of freedom of religion worldwide and develops suitable categories to analyze and understand the role that freedom of religion can play in managing religious and cultural diversity in our societies. Authored by experts, through the contributions collected in these chapters, scholars and students will be able to broaden and deepen their knowledge of the right to freedom of religion and to develop the ability to go beyond the borders of the different cultural environments in which this right took shape and developed.

Author : Georges Tamer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110682229

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The Concept of Peace in Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Georges Tamer Pdf

The eighth volume of the series "Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of "peace" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time. Facing present violent conflicts waged and justified by religious ideas or reasons, peace building prevails in current debates about religion and peace. Here the central question is: How may traditional sources in religions help to put down the weapons and create a society in which everyone can live safely without hostilities and the threat of violence? When we take the Sacred Scriptures of Judaism, Christianity and Islam into consideration it becomes obvious that the term "peace" and its equivalents in Hebrew, Greek and Arabic describe, at first, an ideal state based on the "love" / "mercy" of God to his creation. It is a divine gift that brings inward peace to the individuum and outer peace resting upon justice and equality. One main task of Jews, Christian and Muslims in the history is to find out how to bring down this transcendent ideal upon earth. The volume presents the concept of "peace" in its different aspects as anchored in the traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It unfolds commonalities and differences between the three monotheistic religions as well as the manifold discourses about peace within these three traditions. The book offers fundamental knowledge about the specific understanding of peace in each one of these traditions, their interdependencies and their relationship to secular world views.

Author : Y. Tzvi Langermann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004217416

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Monotheism & Ethics by Y. Tzvi Langermann Pdf

Fourteen essays by leading scholars from around the world explore the theological, philosophical, and historical connections between the three Abrahamic faiths and ethics. Timely reading for students of religion, philosophy, and ethics.

Author : Georges Tamer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110756838

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The Concept of Person in Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Georges Tamer Pdf

The sixth volume of the series "Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of "person" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time. The concept of "person" lies at the core of central ideas in the modern world, such as the value and development of personal identity, the sanctity of human person and the human rights based on that. In societies that are shaped by a long Christian tradition, these ideas are associated often with the belief in the creation of man in the image of God. But although Judaism shares with Christianity the same Biblical texts about the creation of man and also the Qurʾān knows Adam as the first human being created by God and his representative on earth, the focus on the concept of "person" is in each one of these religions a different one. So, the crucial question is: how did the concept of "person" evolve in Judaism, Christianity and Islam out of the concept of "human being"? What are the special features of personhood in each one of these traditions? The volume presents the concept of "person" in its different aspects as anchored in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It unfolds commonalities and differences between the three monotheistic religions as well as the manifold discourses about the meaning of "person" within these three religions.

Author : Arvind Sharma
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789048189939

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Problematizing Religious Freedom by Arvind Sharma Pdf

The concept of religious freedom is the favoured modern human rights concept, with which the modern world hopes to tackle the phenomenon of religious pluralism, as our modern existence in an electronically shrinking globe comes to be increasingly characterised by this phenomenon. To begin with, the concept of religious freedom, as embodied in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, seems self-evident in nature. It is the claim of this book, however, that although emblematic on the one hand, the concept is also problematic on the other, and the implications of the concept of religious freedom are far from self-evident, despite the ready acceptance the term receives as embodying a worthwhile goal. This book therefore problematizes the concept along legal, constitutional, ethical and theological lines, and especially from the perspective of religious studies, so that religious freedom in the world could be enlarged in a way which promotes human flourishing.

Author : David B. Burrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Creation
ISBN : 1929218052

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Freedom and Creation in the Abrahamic Traditions by David B. Burrell Pdf

Author : Christoph Böttigheimer,Konstantin Kamp
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110748284

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The Concept of Body in Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Christoph Böttigheimer,Konstantin Kamp Pdf

This volume of the series "Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of "body" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Body and being a created being stands in the focus of all the thre major monotheistic faiths. It is not just by the christian idea of man's likeness to God that indicates that the human body is a central object of religious thinking, both culturally and theologically charged. Here, the body stands in the crossfire of terms like "pure" and "unpure", "sacred" and "profane", "male" and "femal". And besides the theological controversies, everyday experiences like sexuality, gender equality and how to dispose of the own body (and that of others) are undoubtly recent and highly contentious discussion points in the debate of a peaceful living together of different religions and cultures. The volume presents the concept of "body" in its different aspects as anchored in the traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It unfolds commonalities and differences between the three monotheistic religions as well as the manifold discourses about peace within these three traditions. The book offers fundamental knowledge about the specific understanding of the body in each one of these traditions, their interdependencies and their relationship to secular world views.

Author : James Busuttil,Gerrie ter Haar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134490103

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The Freedom to do God's Will by James Busuttil,Gerrie ter Haar Pdf

Under the auspices of top international commentators, The Freedom to do God's Will considers the global impact of fundamentalism on religious traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. With special reference to human rights issues, women's rights and the influence of social factors, it brings a new dimension to a field of study often dominated by purely religious or political perspectives, whilst challenging received ideas about the violence and conservatism of fundamentalist movements. Illustrated with original case studies, the ten investigative essays from a multicultural panel of experts, each with specific local and academic knowledge of the faiths and issues they discuss, offer an intimate and highly specific portrait of why and how fundamentalism occurs.

Author : John Witte,Johan D. van der Vyver
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0802848559

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Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective by John Witte,Johan D. van der Vyver Pdf

The legal traditions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have contributed much to the cultivation and violation of religious human rights around the world. In this volume Desmond Tutu, Martin Marty, and twenty leading scholars offer an authoritative assessment of these contributions and challenge people of all faiths to adopt "golden rules of religious liberty."

Author : John Witte,M. Christian Green
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199733446

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Religion and Human Rights by John Witte,M. Christian Green Pdf

This volume examines the relationship between religion and human rights in seven major religious traditions, as well as key legal concepts, contemporary issues, and relationships among religion, state, and society in the areas of human rights and religious freedom.