Abstract: The three Divine Abrahamic faiths i.e. Judaism, Christianity and Islam, revealed to the prophets of
God, are divine religions that shape outlook of life, people’s perception, culture and civilization and enhance
the relationship between God-man-universe. In this process, people who adhere to a particular religion tend to
explore the phenomena through the lens of religion. However, throughout the history of religions, it has been
observed that three faiths provoked people to live with peace, love, unity and co-existence but ideological
divergence, religious extremism and political interest led people to involve with aggression, violence and
destruction such as Crusades of Christian Europe against Muslims and Islam-phobia. In contemporary world,
after the post-9/11, the world community observes hatred, violence, conflict, aggression and religious extremism
between the Muslims and non-Muslims that contributed distrust, disunity and unsteadiness because of
prejudice and unequivocal ignorance against each other. In these turmoil situations, the followers of the three
faiths through dialogue can play a vital role for establishing world security, justice, peace and unity in shaping
a better prosperous future for the entire humanity. Therefore, this study examines critically the roles of the three
Abrahamic faiths i.e. Christianity, Judaism and Islam for making peace, unity and coexistence through the
transformation of moral, religious and socio-cultural values for shaping a better prosperous future for the entire
humanity. In particular, the study focuses on: a) understanding ethical and moral obligation and cultural
integrity through moral values transformation, b) realizing three common religious faiths, values and

communal responsibilities towards God, fellow human beings and other creatures, c) understanding socio-
cultural aspects of each other through dialogue and d) identifying causes for divergence and discrepancy

among the followers of three Abrahamic faiths. This study also intends to elaborate briefly the necessity of
building bridges in society. The following two key issues will be critically examined. The first concerns the
question of the transformation of ethical, religious and socio-cultural values through dialogue. The second
concerns the question of the causes of divergence among the followers of three Abrahamic faiths with some
recommendations and suggestions in bridging the gap and reducing the tension between the Western and the
Muslim World. Discussion would include implications of the research findings, shortcomings of the current
study and directions for future research.
Key words: Three Abrahamic faith % Religion % Christianity % Judaism % Islam

INTRODUCTION world with suspicion. The worst situations and
The prospect for peace, unity and coexistence is apprehension and trepidation among peace love
inextricably linked to the accomplishment of a certain humanity. The present furious commotion and
level of religious, moral and socio-cultural progress. confusion blockade our relations and cripple our
It cannot be attained in an environment of conflicts, dynamic interactions, which become more harmful
confrontations, misunderstanding and unstable for entire humanity. It has also created fickle
situations. The relationship between the Muslims and conditions for clash and confrontation in various
the non-Muslims has been deteriorated around the circumstances

At this juncture, there is a critical need for a decision. The occupation could be measured as the
comprehensive dialogue towards making peace, unity and consequence mentality of imperialism and colonialism,
coexistence through moral, religious and socio-cultural which happened immorally in the 18th and 19th centuries
transformation between the followers of the three in the Muslim world. The theories of civilizational clash
Abrahamic faiths. There is also a need for a have fabulous contribution towards the destruction of
comprehensive assessment of the existing scenario in the unity and peace among the three Abrahamic faiths.
hope that it will bring about mutual understanding among The Western scholars like Fukuyama (1992) and
them. The quest shows that the materialistic interest and Huntington (1993) made a great contribution with the
egoistic mentality reject the need of norms and principles highly prejudiced media in order to divide humanity based
of behavior set by religious and moral standard for the on language, religion and belief systems. Fukuyama
socio-political, economic, cultural and technological synthesizes that the liberal values of Western civilization,
interests. This elimination will endanger the very which are non-religious values based might possibly fulfill
prospects of peaceful living and to materialize the purpose human objectives. While Samber (2002) argued that the
of man’s creation and the objective of his worldly life. theories of civilizational clash are disseminated by
Making Peace, Unity and Co-existence Through Moral, past has, really, attempted to destroy the future prospects
Religious and Socio-cultural Transformations for peace and unity. In these situations, the three
Moral and Ethical Transformation: According to Dewey, Abrahamic faiths need to understand ethical and moral
morality is customs or habitual ways of acting approved obligation from the divine sources.
by the group or society [1]. It is the study of human
conduct or code or set of principles based on certain Understanding Ethical and Moral Obligation: Ethnic
basic ideals and norms of religion, which must be stereotypes and relationship can be reduced the gap and
accepted and implemented by individuals and groups. improved inter ethnic bonds and ties among the three
According to Spinoza, morality is good life, which Abrahamic faiths through moral and ethical
consists in the recognition of the truth that all events are transformation. The three religious faiths may share some
determined with man’s happiness and liberates him from certain and common moral values in order to trust one
fear, anxiety and unhappiness. According to Kant, moral another. These values are kindness and courtesy, justice
or virtues should be on the basis of religion which makes and equality and peace and unity etc., which in certain
virtuous men and who will be rewarded in another world. respects are strikingly similar. The three religions must
According to Islam, morality originates from the religion explore and espouse the ethical principles at almost every
but man’s innate quality contains the value of morality, level and within almost every sphere of human and social
which must be reflected through his action. The followers life in order to improve their relationship. The three
of all religions must espouse religious based morality in religions would regard love and compassion, courage and
order to attain real success of human life. It seems that the fortitude, humility and modesty, patience and moderation
worldly success in establishing supremacy over various [2]. The establishment of good relationship would be
aspects of human life such as political, socio-cultural emphasized to restraint care, love and affection and
and economic ideologies through monotheism, liberalism, chastity and modesty among the three faiths. Said Nursi
modernism and secularism has tremendous implications truly called all humans for establishing justice, tolerance,
for sustaining moral standard of the West. But the above freedom, equality, cooperation, unity, human dignity and
man-made ideologies have utterly failed to ensure moral forgetfulness [3, 4]. Within the family love for parents and
excellence to guide human life. The super power and respect for elders would be paramount values, which are
developed nations and their dominance make failure in considered ethical principles according to three religions.
order to fulfill their commitments for peace and unity and Moral education in the three religions is a supreme value,
to live together with co-existence, co-operation, tolerance, which is expected the necessity to re-open ways through
equality, justice and compassion. The super power for a comprehensive dialogue toward understanding
instance has occupied Afghanistan and Iraq in 2001 after humanity and rights [5] to others, since the United
September 11 and Israeli military force recently has Nations adopted the International Bill of Human Right
attacked Lebanon including the establishment of Jewish containing the Universal Declaration of Human rights, in
state in 1948 in the occupied lands of the Arabs without providing new opportunities and broad scopes for
the moral considerations of right or wrong behind their mankind. Ethical and religious studies should be made

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