Religion and human rights : an introduction / edited by John Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Witte, John, Jr., 1959-

Green, M. Christian (Martha Christian), 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Religious aspects.

Human rights.

Religions.

Religion and politics.

Physical Description:

xviii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

Summary:

The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable. While most of the world's religions have supported violence, repression, and prejudice, each has also played a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal human rights. Most importantly, religions provide the essential sources and scales of dignity and responsibility, shame and respect, restraint and regret, restitution and reconciliation that a human rights regime needs to survive and flourish in any culture.

With contributions by a score of leading experts, Religion and Human Rights provides authoritative and accessible assessments of the contributions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Indigenous religions to the development of the ideas and institutions of human rights. It also probes the major human rights issues that confront religious individuals and communities around the world today, and the main challenges that the world's religions will pose to the human rights regime in the future. Book jacket.

Contents:

Foreword / Martin E. Marty

Introduction / John Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green

Jewish theory of human rights / David Novak

Christianity and human rights / Nicholas P. Wolterstorff

Islam and human rights / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʾim

Hinduism and human rights / Werner Menski

Confucianism and human rights / Joseph C.W. Chan

Buddhism and human rights / Sallie B. King

Indigenous religion and human rights / Ronald Niezen

Religion, human rights, and public reason: the role and limits of secular rationale / David Little

Phases and functions of freedom of conscience / Steven D. Smith

Religion and freedom of choice / Paul M. Taylor

Religion and freedom of expression / Carolyn Evans

Religion, equality, and non-discrimination / Nazila Ghanea

Religion and freedom of association / Natan Lerner

Right to self-determination of religious communities / Johan d. van der Vyver

Permissible limitations on the freedom of religion or belief / T. Jeremy Gunn

Right to religious and moral freedom / Michael J. Petty

Keeping faith: reconciling women's human rights and religion / Madhavi Sunder

Religion and children's rights / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse

Religion and economic, social, and cultural rights / Ingvill Thorson Plesner

Religion and environmental rights / Willis Jenkins

Religion, violence, and the right to peace / R. Scott Appleby

Patterns of religion state relations / W. Cole Durham, Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199733446

0199733449

9780199733453

0199733457

OCLC:

704907770