RT Article
T1 How the Idea of a "Global Ethic" Arose—And a Catholic Christian's Reading of the Qur'ānic Basis for It
JF Journal of ecumenical studies
VO 56
IS 2
SP 275
OP 299
A1 Swidler, Leonard J. 1929-
A1 Küng, Hans 1928-2021
A2 Küng, Hans 1928-2021
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1761310437
AB This essay strives to achieve two main purposes. First, it records the personal and historical story of the movement for a global ethic. Asked to write it for an Iranian publication, the article also addresses Christian-Muslim relations. Growing out of World War II, the history includes records of the Una Sancta movement, the formation of the World Council of Churches, Vatican II, and the friendship between Hans Küng and the author that initiated the global ethic movement that was drafted and signed at the 1993 World Parliament of Religions. Then, a dialogue begins between the author and his understandings of Islam and how the tradition supports both Christian-Muslim relations and the movement for a global ethic.
K1 World Parliament of Religions
K1 Hans Kung and Len Swidler
K1 Una Sancta
K1 Qur'anic hermenuetics
K1 Global Ethic
K1 Islam and Vatican II
K1 Catholic-Muslim dialogue
DO 10.1353/ecu.2021.0018