Caring For Future Generations

Explores the basic convictions shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, focusing on their common concern for future generations.

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The proceedings of a conference focusing on the Mediterranean region but for which no date or location is noted. The 22 essays highlight the convergence among the three monotheistic religions about instilling responsibility for posterity among their adherents. The topics include educating for inter-religious responsibility, responsible parenthood, intercultural dialogue, and Islamic ethical sensibility to posterity. UNESCO's November 1997 Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations is appended. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

EMMANUEL AGIUS is Senior Lecturer in Philosophical and Religious Ethics at the University of Malta. He is a member of Malta's National Bioethics Committee and editor of the Future Generations Journal. He is the author of three books and coeditor of four publications on future generations.

LIONEL CHIRCOP is a graduate student at the University of Malta. He is Project Officer of the Future Generations Programme of the Foundation for International Studies at the University of Malta and coeditor of the Future Generations Journal.