Religion and Ethics in a Globalizing World

LUCA ANCESCHI Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Australia.   JOSEPH CAMILLERI Professor at La Trobe University, Australia.   RUWAN PALAPATHWALA Director of the Centre for Social Inquiry Religion & Interfaith Dialogue at Melbourne College of Divinity, Australia.   ANDREW WICKING PhD candidate at Melbourne College of Divinity, Australia.

• 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