The quest for a common humanity
Subtitle: human dignity and otherness in the religious traditions of the Mediterranean
By: edited by Katell Berthelot and Matthias Morgenstern
Series: Numen book series, studies in the history of religions -- v. 134; Studies in the history of religions -- 134.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9789004201651
Subjects: Dignity; Interpersonal relations; Religion; Abrahamic religions; History of doctrines; Theological anthropology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Perceptions of a common humanity.; title: Models of the relationship between God and human in 'paganism'  -- Natale Spineto.; title: The quest for a rabbinic perception of a common humanity  -- Matthias Morgenstern.; title: 'God created Adam in his likeness' in the Muslim tradition  -- Lutz Richter-Bernburg.; title: Paul's anthropology and its contribution to the formation of humanity in the perspective of Reformation theology  -- Hans-Peter Grosshans.; title: Between the Noahide laws and Israelite-Edomite brotherhood : paradigms of humanity in modern Jewish orthodoxy  -- Matthias Morgenstern; title: The other as neighbor, enemy, and infidel.; title: The Lucan parable of the Good Samaritan and its interpretations in Christian antiquity  -- Claudio Gianotto.; title: Inquiry into the patristic interpretations and usages of Psalm 138 (139):21-22  -- Florence Bouet.; title: The other in the spirituality of the Desert Fathers  -- Fabrizio Vecoli.; title: Variations on religious otherness through throne, altar, and monastic school (Ostrogoth Italy, 6th century)  -- Teresa Sardella.; title: 'How am I to love the one who hates me?' : love for one's enemy, persecution and human rights in Maximus the Confessor  -- Christian Boudignon.; title: The theological majlis and religious otherness in medieval Islam  -- Yossef Soffer; title: Human dignity and the value of human life : the case of Abraham's sacrifice.; title: The binding of Isaac : a different Jewish reading  -- Edouard Robberechts.; title: The value of human life according to the Muslim narrative of Abraham's sacrifice : the example of Ibn ʻArabī  -- Ismail Taspinar; title: Ethical and legal implications of human dignity.; title: On human dignity  -- David Novak.; title: Philo's Therapeutae and Essenes : a precedent for the exceptional condemnation of slavery in Gregory of Nyssa?  -- Sharon Weisser.; title: Assistance to the shipwrecked as a paradigm of humaneness in the ancient world  -- Katell Berthelot.; title: 'God has ordained excellence in all things--when you put to death, do so after a decorous manner' : the implementation of mandatory penalties (al-ḥudūd) in Muslim law  -- Éric Chaumont.; title: Re(dis)covering humanity : the Catholic Church and human rights -- Gianmaria Zamagni.