Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Theologians Find Common Moral Ground

As someone who has written several articles for Public Discourse on applying universal moral and ethical principles to current social and cultural issues, I was recently informed about a 2013 project almost unknown outside of Australia. It was primarily funded by the Attorney General of Australia and sets forth the common values on which Judaism, Christianity, and Islam agree. These values are part of a Divine covenant and are referred to as the Noahide Code. Three prominent theologians, one from each of the faiths, cooperated to publish this ground-breaking document.   

Rabbi Dr. Shimon Cowen, founder and director of the Institute for Judaism and Civilization in Melbourne, as well as the author of The Theory & Practice of Universal Ethics: The Noahide Laws, coordinated the effort. He was assisted by Professor Ismail Albayrak, a renowned Islamic scholar, author, and Professor of Islamic-Christian relations at the Australian Catholic University, and Professor Tracey Rowland, Dean of Melbourne’s John Paul II Institute of Marriage and Family at the University of Melbourne and one of five women on the thirty-member International Theological Commission appointed by the Pope to assist the Holy See and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.  

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