Author: Stan D'Souza
Editor(s): Stan D'Souza
Publisher: Indian Social Institute
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 344
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187218878
Description
This volume contains the Papers presented at the Second Colloquium on Population and Ethics-with special reference to Islam, organized by the International Population Concerns (IPC) Network at Cairo in 2003. The first section of the book provides the basic data for understanding the ethical issues related to population, poverty and conflict in the context of the millennium Development Goals. It is mentioned that the world population is expected to stabilize at about 8.9 billions around 2050. Data on international migration and debt burden and also presented.
The papers in the second section deal with the ethical road map for formulating population policies while the third section tries to sketch the paths for Christian-Muslim dialogue in the development debate.
Contents
FOREWORD
Opening Statement
Opening Message (extract)
Final Statement of the Cairo Colloquium
SECTION I
URGENT POPULATION, POVERTY AND CONFLICT ISSUE-AN UPDATE
World Population Growth and poverty concerns-an update
An Overview on World Migration
Migration and Globalisation: Markets Open Up While Frontiers closed Down to Human Populations
Forced Displacement at the beginning of the 21st Century
Unsustainable Inequalities and Growing Resentments
CASE STUDIES
Debt, Poverty and Population-The Zambian context
AIDS in Africa and questions about population
Complementary Note: Lysander Menezes
Pushing the Indian Muslim to the brink-a view from Gujarat
SECTION II
ETHICAL APPROACHES
Modernity and its Religious discontents: Christian Ethics and Population Policy
Respect for Life in Classical Hinduism-Its Implications for Population Ethics
Responsibility of the Church with regard to Population and Poverty Issues
Church social documents and Population Ethics
Neighbours in a Pluralist world The Clash of Civilizations versus a Dialogue of Religions
CASE STUDIES
The voice of the Christian Churches to Immigrants in Austria-European Union
Catholic social teaching Response to Economic Globalisation in Zambia
Modernity and Family Change in French Society
SECTION III
PATHS FOR INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
Post 9/11: Civilizational Dialogue or Conflict?
Islamic Revival and its Implications for Christian-Muslim dialogue
Muslim Participation in the dialogue on religious freedom in the framing of he 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Beyond Religious Reform and Interfaith Dialogue: Towards a Religious Contribution to Global Justice
COMPLEMENTARY NOTES:
Stan D’Souza
William R O’ Neill
Johannes Muller