Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Michael A. Johnson, Kevin Jung, and William Schweiker -- Part I: The distinctiveness of human being -- Monotheism and humanism / Hilary Putnam -- Human vicegerency : a blessing or a curse? : the challenge to be God's Caliph in the Qur'an / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- Embodying God's image : created, broken, and redeemed / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- The image of God and the human ideal : reflections from the varieties of Judaism / Michael Fishbane -- Distinctive love : gratitude for life and theological humanism / William Schweiker -- The image, the glory and the holy : aspects of being human in biblical thought / Tikva Frymer-Kensky -- Creation and initiative : a reading of Ricoeur's ethics of originary affirmation / Michael A. Johnson -- Part II: Humanity in creation -- The humanistic ethic : Jewish reflections / Paul Mendes-Flohr -- Common morality, premoral goods, and religion / Kevin Jung -- Natural-law judaism? the genesis of bioethics in Hans Jonas, Leo Strauss and Leon Kass / Lawrence Vogel -- Divine justice and the human order / Azizah Y. al-Hibri -- Religion, human rights, and secularism : preliminary clarifications and some Islamic, Jewish, and Christian responses / David Little -- Armed force and political responsibility : justification and resort to war in Abrahamic traditions / John Kelsay -- Standing before God : human responsibilities and human rights / Seyyed Hossein Nasr.