Overview
The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world's religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common, and how can these shared values help advance global goals? This book presents an in-depth and deeply engaged conversation among interfaith religious leaders and interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners in pursuit of an ethical consensus that could ground sustainable development efforts. Drawing on more than two years of close-knit discussions convened by Jeffrey D. Sachs and Marcelo S�nchez Sorondo, it offers an extensive and inclusive vision of how to promote human flourishing. The book features theological, philosophical, and ethical deliberations of great diversity and depth on the challenges of sustainable development, addressing questions of poverty, environmental justice, peace, conflict, and the future of work. It includes consensus statements on the moral imperatives of sustainable development, introductions to seven major religious traditions and their conceptions of the common good. This book represents a major contribution to interreligious dialogue and to the articulation of a shared global ethics.
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Author: Jeffrey D Sachs ,
Jeffrey D Sachs ,
Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo ,
Owen Flanagan
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
ISBN: 9798874667948
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""I came away from this book with a lot of new information and ideas but also a sense of relief: maybe it isn't too late; maybe humanity and much of the other life on the planet is not irrevocably lost and without hope."" -- ""Philip J. Ivanhoe, author of Oneness"" ""Their message is timely and hopeful: the world's great religious and ethical traditions share the common commitment to end poverty, assure social justice, and achieve environmental sustainability. The world can indeed come together to build the future we want."" -- ""Ban Ki-moon, former United Nations secretary general"""
Author Information
Jeffrey D. Sachs is university professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University as well as president of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has been an advisor to three secretaries-general of the United Nations. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller Common Wealth. Jeffrey D. Sachs is university professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University as well as president of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has been an advisor to three secretaries-general of the United Nations. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller Common Wealth. Marcelo S�nchez Sorondo is a Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Vescovio, Italy, and former chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences. Owen Flanagan is James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and codirector of the Center for Comparative Philosophy at Duke University. Jesse Thorson is program manager at the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University's Earth Institute. William Vendley is secretary general emeritus of Religions for Peace International and vice president and senior advisor for religion at the Fetzer Institute. Anthony Annett is a Gabelli Fellow at Fordham University and senior adviser at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Jorge Mario Bergoglio--now known as Pope Francis--was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936, the son of Italian immigrants. He was ordained a priest in the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1969 and made a bishop in 1992. He became Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was named a cardinal in 2001. In March 2013 he was elected Bishop of Rome, the 266th pope of the Catholic Church. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is the spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide. An award-winning audio engineer for over forty years, Tom Perkins has expanded his skills to narrating and has more than sixty titles to his credit. He learned by working with the world's best voice talent during his career, and he continues to engineer a variety of projects.
