Religion and public policy : human rights, conflict, and ethics / edited by Sumner B. Twiss, Marian Gh. Simion, Rodney L. Petersen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Twiss, Sumner B., editor.

Simion, Marian Gh., editor.

Petersen, Rodney Lawrence, editor.

Little, David, 1933- honouree.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics.

Human rights--Religious aspects.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xl, 372 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Other Title:

Religion & Public Policy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This book pivots around two principal concerns in the modern world: the nature and practice of human rights in relation to religion, and the role of religion in perennial issues of war and peace. It articulates a vision for achieving a liberal peace and a just society firmly grounded in respect for human rights, while working in tandem with the constructive roles that religion can play even amid cultural difference. It explores topics including the status and justification of human rights; the meaning and significance of religious liberty; whether human rights protections ought to be extended to other species; how the comparative study of religious ethics ought to proceed; and the nature, limits, and future development of just war thinking. Featuring a group of distinguished contributors, this is a distinctive contribution that shows a multifaceted and original exploration of cutting edge issues with regards to the aforementioned themes.

Contents:

David Little: a modern Calvinist architect of human rights / John Witte, Jr.

On reformed Christianity and natural human rights / Gene Outka

Roger Williams and freedom of conscience and religion as a natural right / Sumner B. Twiss

Islam and human rights: the religious and the secular in conversation / Abdulaziz Sachedina

On grounding human rights: variations on themes by Little / John P. Reeder, Jr.

From human rights to animal rights? / Grace Yia-Hei Kao

Nibbana, dhamma, and sinhala Buddhism: a David Little retrospective / Donald K. Swearer

The present state of the comparative study of religious ethics: an update / John Kelsay

Religion, ethics, and war: David Little and ecumenical ethics / J. Bryan Hehir

War and the right to life: Orthodox Christian perspectives / Marian Gh. Simion

Swords to ploughshares, theory to practice: an evolution of religious peacemaking at USIP / Susan Hayward

Religion and multi-track diplomacy / Rodney L. Petersen

Developing a human rights lens on religious peacemaking / Scott Appleby

Toward a polycentric approach to conflict transformation / Atalia Omer

Rethinking Islamic politics: bringing the state back in / Scott Hibbard

Religion and politics: seeking a reconciliation / Natalie Sherman and David Gergen

The core of public reason: freedom from arbitrary pain and death / Christian Rice.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781316106693

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.