Humanity before God

Contributors IntroductionPART ONE: THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF HUMAN BEING Monotheism and Humanism, Hilary Putnam Human Vicegerency: A Blessing or a Curse? The Challenge to Be God's Caliph in the Qur'an, Abdulaziz Sachedina Embodying God's Image: Created, Broken, and Redeemed, Lisa Sowle Cahill The Image of God and the Human Ideal: Reflections from the Varieties of Judaism, Michael Fishbane Distinctive Love: Gratitude for Life and Theological Humanism, William Schweiker The Image, the Glory, and the Holy: Aspects of Being Human in Biblical Thought, Tikva Frymer-Kensky Creation and Initiative: A Reading of Ricoeur's Ethics of Originary Affirmation, Michael A. Johnson PART TWO: HUMANITY IN CREATION The Humanistic Ethic: Jewish Reflections, Paul Mendes-Flohr Common Morality, Premoral Goods, and Religion, Kevin Jung Natural-Law Judaism? The Genesis of Bioethics in Hans Jonas, Leo Strauss, and Leon Kass, Lawrence Vogel Divine Justice and the Human Order: An Islamic Perspective, Azizah Y. al-Hibri Religion, Human Rights, and Secularism: Preliminary Clarifications and Some Islamic, Jewish, and Christian Responses, David Little Armed Force and Political Responsibility: Justification and Resort to War in Abrahamic Traditions, John Kelsay Standing before God: Human Responsibilities and Human Rights, Seyyed Hossein Nasr Index of Names and Subjects Index of Scriptural References