Religion and Ethics in a Globalizing World: Conflict, Dialogue and Transformation

Luca  Anceschi, J. Camilleri, R. Palapathwala and A. Wicking (eds.), Religion and Ethics in a Globalizing World: Conflict, Dialogue and Transformation, New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2011.

Around the world religion is an increasingly vital and pervasive force in both personal and public life. Though this trend has been widely noted, its long-term implications are as yet only dimly perceived. Will this be a force for healing or for violence? To express the question to its most dramatic, yet urgent form: can the world's major religious traditions respond constructively to contemporary challenges in the public sphere that are now, by definition, global? Religion and Ethics in a Globalizing World seeks to address this question, and to contribute to a greater understanding of the role of religion in the paradoxical context of a world that is increasingly unified, but which remains fundamentally plural.

Introduction: Religion: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?; J.A.Camilleri
PART I: EMERGING CHALLENGES FOR RELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING
Re-envisioning Conflict, Dialogue and Transformation: The Imperative for a New Methodological Paradigm; R.Palapathwala & A.Wicking
Surmounting the Wall: Religion and Conflict; G.Maddox
Virtues in a Globalised Context; N.Ormerod
People of the Book: Reconciling Religious Fundamentals with Universal Human Rights; M.Kirby
Holding Hands and Bearing Arms: Global Challenges for Global Religious Communities; M.Kitchen
PART II: IMPLICATIONS FOR MULTI-FAITH DIALOGUE - ASSESSMENT AND CRITIQUE
Relationship Building in the Middle-East Among Adversaries; D.Abramovich
Bejewelled Dialogue: Illuminating Cultural Conflicts in the Twenty-First Century; C.Satha-Anand
Christian Ecumenism, Other Faiths, and the `Peace of the World`; P.Carnley
PART III: TOWARD A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM
The Search for Communities of Peace: An International Reflection on Christian-Muslim Relations; J.Haire
How Muslims View the Scriptures of the People of the Book: Towards a Reassessment?; A.Saeed
Broken Covenants and Broken Relationships: Guidelines for Cooperation in a World in Transition; I.R.Fry
Conclusion: Inter-Faith Interaction: Contradictions and Conflicts; C.Muzaffar