I have recently finished reading Global Responsibility: In Search of a New World Ethic by Hans Küng.In this book Küng explores the need for an ethical consensus amoung the great world religions; a consensus that will save humanity from itself.
Building on the foundational document,
Declaration Toward a Global Ethic,
(http://www.weltethos.org/dat-english/03-declaration.htm) people of faith are challenged to look past that which divides and to consider instead what lies at the heart of their own religion and how they are to remain true to themselves and their faith.
Today, we are aware of the faith-experiences of those outside our own religion. We are humbed, too, by the vastness and beauty of our world. And we are finding God in people and places previously unimagined.
Today, we are aware of the faith-experiences of those outside our own religion. We are humbed, too, by the vastness and beauty of our world. And we are finding God in people and places previously unimagined.
Speaking as a Christian, and as I reflect on my own faith-experience, I find: a God of love, a golden rule (do to others as you would have them do to you) and now six billion people created in the image of God. I find the imperative to love unconditionally inescapable.
As we hurtle into uncertain and challenging times as a global community, I am interested to learn of what others are thinking and feeling.
The social, political, economical, environmental and spiritual realities of our time are complex.
Let me ask you, and invite you to respond,
'What does global responsibility mean to you?'
