Caring for Future Generations: Jewish, Christian and Islamic Perspectives

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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.

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At this time, when the news is filled with conflicts between these three great monotheistic faiths, this book is a helpful reminder that there are other conversations where they are in productive dialogue.-Research News & Opportunities in Science and Theology
Each essay...provides provocative thinking for a variety of problems at our own back door.-Church & Synagogue Library
The mandate looms in importance for all of us, and currents in these writings do indeed help us take steps toward its fulfillment.-Religious Education
"Each essay...provides provocative thinking for a variety of problems at our own back door."-Church & Synagogue Library
"The mandate looms in importance for all of us, and currents in these writings do indeed help us take steps toward its fulfillment."-Religious Education
"At this time, when the news is filled with conflicts between these three great monotheistic faiths, this book is a helpful reminder that there are other conversations where they are in productive dialogue."-Research News & Opportunities in Science and Theology

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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 the Future 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 the Future Generations Journal.