Isbn: 9780334020004 - Global Responsibility: in Search of a New World Ethic (12 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First UK Edition. First UK edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. 1991 Hard Cover. xix, 158 pp. In this timely and urgent work, Hans Kung reminds us: - Every minute, the nations of the world spend 1.8 million dollars on military armaments; - Every hour, 1500 children die of hunger-related causes; - Every week during the 1980s, more people were detained, tortured, assassinated, made refugee, or in other ways violated by acts of repressive regimes than at any other time in history; - Every month, the world's economic system adds over 7.5 billion dollars to the catastrophically unbearable debt burden of more than 1.5 trillion dollars now resting on the shoulders of Third World peoples; - Every year, an area of tropical forest three-quarters the size of Korea is destroyed and lost; - Every decade, if present global warming trends continue, the temperature of the earth's atmosphere could rise dramatically with a resultant rise in sea levels that would have disastrous consequences, particularly for coastal areas of all the earth's land masses. In 'Global Responsibility', the author offers important new approaches and concludes that: - There can be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. - There can be no peace among the religions without dialogue between the religions. - There can be no ongoing human society without a global ethic. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Global Responsibility: In Search of a New World Ethic This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. …

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780334020004.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780334020004.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. An Ex-Library book. The dust jacket is clean and bright; the boards are slightly out of alignment, the pages are clean, and the book is tight.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Hbk, 158p. Condition as new. Contents : No survival without a world ethic why we need a global ethic : From modernity to postmodernity -- Why ethics? -- A coalition of believers and non-believers -- Ethics in tension between autonomy and religion -- World religions and a world ethic -- Specific Cristian contributions -- No world peace without religious peace an ecumenical way between fanaticism for truth and forgetfulness of truth : The two faces of religion -- The question of truth -- The quest for ecumenical criteria for truth -- The humanum as a basic ecumenical criterion -- Capacity for dialogue and steadfastness are not opposites -- No religious peace without religious dialogue prolegomena to an analysis of the religious situation of our time : No religious dialogue without research into basics -- How history can no logner be written -- Application of the paradigm theory the currents of religios systems -- An ecumenical theory for peace -- Imperatives for inter-religious dialogue in the postmodern period. [Peace Religious aspects - Religion and ethics - Religion and international relations] e908 / m11641.…

Condition: Very Good. 1991. 1st Edition. Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustjacket. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. .

Condition: Very Good. 1991. 1st Edition. Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustjacket. . . . . Over 350,000 customers served online.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. Type: Book 158pp. N.B. Previous owners address label to ffep.

Black Boards. Condition: Very Good Plus. Very Good Plus. First English Edition. 158pp. A very fresh copy of this book. Light bump to the tail of the spine and the slightest of bumps to two board corners. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped, though has a little fading to the spine & slight shelf wear. A clean, fresh wrapper. A lovely book.…