Christ and human rights : the transformative engagement / George Newlands.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newlands, G. M., 1941-

Series:

Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective.

Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book constructs a Christology which centers on a Christ of the vulnerable and the margins. It explores the interface between religion, law, politics and violence, East and West, North and South. The history of the use of sacred texts as 'texts of terror' is examined, and theological links to legal and political dimensions explored. Criteria are developed for action to make an effective difference to human rights enforcement and resolution between cultures and religions on rights.

Contents:

Introduction : the centrality of rights

Jesus Christ and the hope of rights

Rights, cultures, and transcendence : ambiguity and tension

Human rights, history and Christology

The hermeneutics of rights in the history of interpretation

Christology in human rights focus : towards a humane christology

Christology in relation to global human rights strategy - Rights reconsidered : building a postfoundational pathway

Christology for human rights

Making rights stick.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index.

Includes Web resources.

ISBN:

1-351-95192-0

1-351-95191-2

9786611097950

1-281-09795-0

0-7546-8259-5

OCLC:

437113665