Contemporary Uses of the Golden Rule of Reciprocity in Abrahamic Interfaith Discourses. (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Untea, Ionut
• Is Part Of: Studies in religion. Volume 47:Number 1(2018:Mar.)
• Page Start: 107
• Page End: 136
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: Golden Rule -- Abrahamic monotheistic religions -- interfaith dialogue -- reconciliation -- Dabru Emet -- Nostra Aetate -- A Common Word -- religious tolerance; Règle d'Or -- monothéismes abrahamiques -- dialogue interreligieux -- réconciliation -- Dabru Emet -- Nostra Aetate -- A Common Word -- tolérance interreligieuse; Religion -- Periodicals; Religions -- Periodicals; 200.5
• DOI: 10.1177/0008429817721904
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0008-4298

Abstract

The second half of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries have witnessed a revival of the Golden Rule arguments in relation to the idea of religious toleration. Apologizing or acknowledging apologies for past mistakes, the Abrahamic religions have produced a series of texts inviting further ethical and theological discussions with the purpose of facilitating reconciliation and working to maintain a sustainable world peace. Inspired by three groundbreaking texts, Nostra Aetate (1965), Dabru Emet (2000), and A Common Word (2007), representatives of all three monotheisms have produced a number of important commentaries, responses, and critiques with the purpose of clarifying some key points that both unite and separate the interpretations, given the familiar look of common doctrinal and moral teachings.