Religion and human rights : an introduction /
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...
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Martin E. Marty
- Introduction / John Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green
- A Jewish theory of human rights / David Novak
- Christianity and human rights / Nicholas P. Wolterstorff
- Islam and human rights / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʼim
- 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 a secular rationale / David Little
- The 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
- The right to self-determination of religious communities / Johan D. van der Vyver
- Permissible limitations on the freedom of religion or belief / T. Jeremy Gunn
- The right to religious and moral freedom / Michael J. Perry
- 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.
