How to Do Good & Avoid Evil: A Global Ethic from the Sources of Judaism - Hardcover

by Walter Homolka (Author), Hans Küng (Author), John Bowden (Translator)

In today's world of unrest, we need shared ethical will, moral force and energy among the world's religious traditions. Shows how the overarching message of Judaism-just action as a guiding religious principle-holds a key in the pursuit of universal peace.

Author Biography

Rabbi Walter Homolka, PhD, DHL, is rector of the Abraham Geiger College for the training of rabbis, executive director of the Zacharias Frankel College, and a professor of Jewish studies at University of Potsdam in Germany. He is author of many books, including The Gate to Perfection: The Idea of Peace in Jewish Thought, coauthor of How to Do Good & Avoid Evil: A Global Ethic from the Sources of Judaism (SkyLight Paths), and a contributor to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism-Yizkor and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism-Ashamnu and Al Chet (both Jewish Lights).