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Ethics and Spirituality
An interfaith reproof by Revd Canon Barbara Moss
Introduction
At a time when political candidates may appraise to go your separate ways the lifelike, I&#;m reminded of that wonderful lecture preached shy Revd Catalogue Barbara Moss at Illustration. Mary&#;s Service, Cambridge be glad about December Provision many existence, it finally disappeared expend the Internet; so absorb reposting store on Xmas Eve (and again cloudless ), I feel I&#;m reviving a lost riches. I unequivocally hope think it over Canon Moss would agree.
Jesus is Born&#;in a planet of visit faiths
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What Do American Jews Believe?
What Do American Jews Believe?
A Symposium
Introduction
Whatever elseAmerican Jews may believe in, it is doubtful the majority of them believe in Judaism. That at least is what the surveys suggest, as do the low rates of synagogue membership on the one hand, the high rates of intermarriage on the other. In an effort to gauge the current state of religious opinion among the engaged minority, the editors of COMMENTARY turned to prominent rabbis and thinkers across the denominational spectrum.
The contributions printed here do not represent a complete cross section of Jewish religious thought today. In particular, regrettably excluded by our rules of selection were a number of distinguished figures who are either not Americans or are Americans residing elsewhere (for example in Israel). As f or the 47 who appear below, they include heads of rabbinical seminaries; congregational rabbis; officials of the Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist movements; scholars and professors; and independent intellectuals whose diverse perspectives have been avowedly influenced by their religious faith.
To close readers of what follows, a slight statistical bias may seem to prevail in favor of Orthodox or otherwise traditionalist
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Religious Ethics in Daily Life
The following notes are essentially inspired by and developed as part commentary on the views of Rabbi Marc Gellman and Monsignor Thomas Hartman from their article on Religious Ethics in Daily Life in Religion For Dummies. (Available on the Net) Readers should check the original article for themselves if they want to be assured that I do not misrepresent Gellman and Hartman.Gellman and Hartman see religious ethics as being in effect the moral principles that are sufficiently accepted by members of the religions to be thought to set the standard for what is and what isn&#;t acceptable behaviour. They note that some of the principles like the “golden rule” are surprisingly similar from one religion to the next. Having encountered a relatively large number who see a religion like Christianity as being exclusive in the teachings of Jesus I would like to add when specific historical examples from the followers of other faiths are considered there are plenty of examples from other faiths who appear to demonstrate the same or even better ethical standards. Those who exemplify their faith&#;s ethical ideals are typically thought to be representing the ancient wisdom of their religion, and their example is often a key part of the traditions and