Does religious extremism represent an inevitable consequence of firmly held beliefs in life-and-death situations? Is there a way out?
Gathering ethicists and scholars from the three major and often conflicting monotheistic traditions, each was asked to correlate a religious tradition's sacred texts and tradition with the contemporary world's pluralism and claims about the inalienable sanctity and dignity of human life. The result is that the reader sees "human life before God" in new and profound ways.
Contributors include:
Hilary Putnam
Abdulaziz Sachedina
Lisa Sowle Cahill
Michael Fishbane
William Schweiker
Tikva Frymer-Kensky
Michael A. Johnson
Paul Mendes-Flohr
Kevin Jung
Lawrence Vogel
Azizah al-Hibri
David Little
Kohn Kelsay
Seyyed Hossein Nasr