Global responsibility : in search of a new world ethic / Hans Küng.

Translation of: Projekt Weltethos.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-158).

Contents. A. No survival without a world ethic, why we need a global ethic -- I From modernity to post modernity -- 1 The beginning of a paradigm shift -- 2 Slogans without a future -- 3 The end of the great modern ideologies -- 4 Limit experiences and breakthroughs in innovation -- 5 The rising world constellation of post modernity -- II Why ethics? -- 1 Beyond good and evil? -- 2 No democracy without basic consensus -- 3 The slogan of the future: planetary responsibility -- III A coalition of believers and non-believers -- 2 Shared responsibility with mutual respect -- IV Ethics in tension between autonomy and religion -- 1 Rational difficulties with ethics -- 2 The recalcitrance of religion -- 3 Religious difficulties with ethics -- 4 The religions- a possible foundation for ethics -- V World religions and a world ethic -- 1 Ethical perspectives of the world religions -- 2 The special commitment of world religions -- VI Specific Christian contributions --1 A model Christian contribution -- 2 Post modern requirements -- B No world peace without religious peace: an ecumenical way between fanaticism for truth and forgetfulness of truth -- I The two faces of religion -- 1 Religious at war -- 2 Religious at peace -- II The question of truth -- 1 The task -- 2 Three strategies-no solution -- 3 Self-criticism: the presupposition for an ecumenical strategy -- III The quest for ecumenical criteria for truth -- 1 Measuring by origins -- 2 A fourth ecumenical strategy -- IV The humanum as a basic ecumenical criterion -- 1 Human dignity as basis -- 2 The relationship between religion and humanity -- V Capacity for dialogue and steadfastness are not opposites -- 1 What is steadfastness? -- 2 Invitation to dialogue -- 3 What are the criteria between religions? -- 4 What does readiness for dialogue without steadfastness lead to? -- 5 What does dialogue on the basis of steadfastness lead to? -- 6 Capacity for dialogue is capacity for peace -- C No religious peace without religious dialogue: prolegomena to an analysis of the religious situation of our time -- I No religious dialogue without research into basics -- 1 A Christian theologian on other religions? -- 2 The risk of synthesis cannot be avoided -- II How history can no longer be written -- 1 Hegel's philosophy of history -- 2 Spengler's morphology of culture -- 3 Toynbee's theory of cycles of civilization -- III Application of the paradigm theory to the currents of religious systems -- 1 The significance of the paradigm theory -- 2 The same religion in different paradigms -- 3 The three great currents of religious systems today -- IV An ecumenical theology for peace -- 1 Understanding and collaboration -- 2 Prospect -- V Imperative for inter-religious dialogue in the post modern period -- 1 Inter-religious dialogue with all groups -- 2 Inter-religious dialogue at all levels.

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