Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Religious Perspectives, Volume 1John (jurista) Witte, Johan David Van der Vyver, Van der Vyver, J. D. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 9 de fev. de 1996 - 597 páginas The sacred texts and legal traditions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have contributed much to the cultivation and violation of religious human rights around the world - particularly of women, children, and dissidents. Desmond Tutu, Martin Marty, and twenty leading scholars offer an authoritative assessment of these contributions, and challenge peoples of all faiths to adopt golden rules of religious liberty'. This volume and its companion "Religious Human Rights in Global" "Perspective: Legal Perspectives" are products of an ongoing project on religion, human rights and democracy undertaken by the Law and Religion Program at Emory University. |
Conteúdo
Religious Dimensions of Human Rights | 1 |
An Historical Perspective | 17 |
Human Rights and Biblical Legal Thought | 47 |
Religious Rights and Christian Texts | 65 |
A Christian Case Study | 97 |
Human Rights in the Church | 118 |
Thinking About Women Christianity and Rights | 143 |
The Religious Rights of Children | 157 |
A Right with a Purpose | 323 |
Islamic Foundations of Religious Human Rights | 337 |
Rights of Women Within Islamic Communities | 361 |
The Treatment of Religious Dissidents | 387 |
An Apologia for Religious Human Rights | 455 |
A Theological Apologetic | 485 |
Religious and Cultural Rights | 517 |
Bibliography of Books and Articles Cited | 539 |
Religious Human Rights in Judaic Texts | 175 |
A Case Study | 235 |
Women in Judaism From the Perspective of Human Rights | 295 |
Biographical Sketches of Contributors | 571 |
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