Volume I: Moral Enquiry Preface Introduction On Religious Ethics Reflection Moral Knowledge Moral Theories Moral Truth Norms, Values, and Metaphysics God and Morality Non-theistic Ethics Language and Morality Embodied Knowledge Reason, Emotion, Ethics Feminist Epistemologies Natural Law Divine Command Moral Formation Authority and Religious Experience Ideas of Excellence Agents and Moral Formation Moral Development Desire and Will Perception Love and Compassion Practical Reasoning and Moral Casuistry Virtue Consequentialism Deontology Responsibility Value Theory Alterity Discourse Transmission Texts Text and Canon Hermeneutics Contested Canons and Counter-Traditions Revelation and Authorship Institutions Law and Religion Schools and Monasteries Communications and Media Practices Practices Francis X.Clooney Theories of Practice Performance/Liturgy Reading/Recitation/Memorization Pilgrimage Meditation as an Ethical Practice Asceticism and Self-Cultivation Comparison Theories Comparison in Religious Ethics Comparison as a Discipline Religious Ethics and Religious Studies Secularism Post-secularism Approaches History of Religions Culture and Moral Pluralism Conceptual Ethnographic Pragmatism Concepts Cosmology Ritual Saints and Exemplars Cosmogony and Eschatology Myth Nature and Human Nature Soteriology and Enlightenment   Volume II: Moral Traditions Preface Introduction On Religious Ethics Historical and Theoretical Perspectives Judaism Jewish Ethics? Foundations of Jewish Ethics Ethics Differentiated from the Law From Law to Ethics… and Back Christianity Christian Ethics Origins of Christian Ethics Differentiation in Christian Ethics Trajectories in Christian Ethics Islam Islamic Ethics? Origins of Islamic Ethics Islamic Ethics: Differentiations Muslim Ethical Trajectories in the Contemporary Period Buddhism Buddhist Ethics? Origins of Buddhist Ethics Cultural Differentiation in Buddhist Ethics Buddhist Ethics: Trajectories Indian Religions Hindu Ethics? Origins of Hindu Ethics Differentiations in Hindu Ethics Trajectories of Hindu Ethics Chinese Religions Chinese Ethics? Origins of Chinese Ethics Differentiations Trajectories of Chinese Religious Ethics African Religions African Ethics? Origins of African Ethics Differentiations in African Ethics Trajectories in African Ethics Religions of the Americas Indigenous Peoples Origins (Religions of the Americas) Modes of Interpretation (Religions of the Americas) Global Interactions (Religions of the Americas) Contemporary and Cultural Perspectives Practices and Communities Practices and Communities (Christianity) Practices and Communities (Islam) Practices and Communities (Indian Religions) Practices and Communities (Chinese Religions) Practices and Communities (African Religions) Modes of Interpretation Modes of Interpretation (Judaism) Modes of Interpretation (Christianity) Modes of Interpretation (Islam) Modes of Interpretation (Buddhism) Modes of Interpretation (Indian Religions) Modes of Interpretation (African Religions) Modes of Interpretation (Chinese Religions) Global Interactions Global Interactions (Christianity) Global Interactions (Islam) Global Interactions (Buddhism) Global Interactions (African Religions) Global Interactions (Indian Religions)   Volume III Preface Introduction On Religious Ethics Persons Structures and Conditions Health Body Culture Aesthetic Experience and Ethics Children Joy and Laughter Play/Recreation/Sport Personhood Pleasure and Pain Reproduction Subject Formation/Subjectivity Challenges Ability and Disability Class Disease and Decay Home and Homelessness Moral Struggle Trans-humanism and Post-humanism Violence Structures and Conditions Nations Economics Human Rights Ethics, Images, and Things Corporations Education Law Non-governmental Organizations Religious Institutions Challenges Science Challenges Ecology Global Dynamics Technology Animal Ethics Justice Production and Consumption Sustainability and Climate Change Communities Structures and Conditions Religious Membership Future Generations Ecumenism Family Inter-species communities Labor and Trade Marriage New Religious Movements Peace-keeping Challenges Religion and Religious War Censorship, Disclosure, Privacy Civil Rights and Protest Movements Domestic Violence Gender Discrimination Genocide Racial Discrimination Religious Discrimination Torture War and Non-state Group Violence

  Encompassing three comprehensive volumes, the Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics introduces fundamental issues in moral inquiry, explores the world’s major moral traditions, and surveys specific moral issues across a wide range of human experiences. This landmark work defines the meaning, task, and various forms of religious ethics to guide readers through critical inquiry of religious and moral life across historical periods, geography, and cultural traditions. The Encyclopedia features contributions by an extraordinary panel of ethicists, historians, theologians, philosophers, political theorists, and other experts that draw from and revise religious sources to explore basic themes in moral theory and address contemporary ethical and political problems. Each volume is devoted to a particular element of religious ethics. Volume I - Moral Inquiry helps readers understand diverse religious and moral traditions, the social practices and institutions used for their transmission, and the methods and approaches used for their comparison. Volume II – Moral Tradition describes the established historical traditions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Indian religions, Chinese religions, African religions, and religions of the Americas. Volume III – Moral Issues provides the conceptual resources for understanding the structures, conditions, and challenges of a wide range of moral issues that religious ethicists have engaged, and for appreciating the contributions of different scholars in the field. Unique in its topical depth and scope, the Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics: Provides diverse historical, contemporary, theoretical, and cultural perspectives on numerous religious and moral traditionsRepresents the richness of thought of a vast range of renowned scholars from various disciplines, traditions, and culturesExamines some of the most significant theories, approaches, and concepts that have been used to compare traditions of religious ethicsDiscusses recent developments in religious and moral life and new approaches to the study of religious ethicsIntroduces practices in current religious communities that address the various dimensions of the moral life Dedicated to understanding and addressing moral challenges and possibilities in our global times, the Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the relation between religion and ethics in the modern world, including those involved in general and comparative religious studies, religious and comparative ethics, and moral theory.