This volume examines the relationship between religion and human rights in seven major religious traditions, as well as key legal concepts, contemporary issues, and relationships among religion, state, and society in the areas of human rights and religious freedom. The relationship between religion and human rights is complex and problematic throughout the world. Most of the world's religions have been used for violence, repression, and prejudice. Yet each of these religions can play a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal human rights. Human rights depend upon the values of human communities to give them content, coherence, and concrete manifestation. Religions have constantly provided the sources and scales of dignity andresponsibility, shame and respect, restraint and regret, and restitution and reconciliation that a human rights regime needs to survive and flourish.This volume provides authoritative examinations of the contributions to humanrights of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, Buddhism, andindigenous religions. Each chapter grapples with the concept and origins of <"human rights,>" and offers insight into the major human rights issues that confront religious individuals and communities. These include core issues of freedom of religious conscience, choice, exercise, expression, association,morality, andself-determination. They also include analysis of the roles of religious ideas and institutions in the cultivation and abridgement of rights of women, children, and minorities, and rights to peace, orderly development, and protection of nature and the environment.With contributions by a score of leading experts, Religion and Human Rights offers a wealth of knowledge and analysis for understanding the contributions to human rights and the challenges faced by the world's religions. Preface and AcknowledgementsContributorsIntroduction - John Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green, Emory UniversityPart I: Human Rights and Religious Traditions1. A Jewish Theory of Human Rights - David Novak2. Christianity and Human Rights - Nicholas P. Wolterstorff3. Islam and Human Rights: Framing and Reframing the Discourse - Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im4. Hinduism and Human Rights - Werner Menski5. Confucianism and Human Rights - Joseph Chan6. Buddhism and Human Rights - Sallie B. King7. Indigenous Religion and Human Rights - Ronald Niezen8. Religion, Human Rights, and Public Reason: The Role and Limits of a Secular Rationale - David LittlePart II: Religion and Modern Human Rights Issues9. The Phases and Functions of Freedom of Conscience - Steven D. Smith10. Religion and Freedom of Choice - Paul Taylor11. Religion and Freedom of Expression - Carolyn Evans12. Religion, Equality, and Non-Discrimination - Nazila Ghanea13. Religion and Freedom of Association - Natan Lerner14. The Right to Self-Determination of Religious Communities - Johan D. van der Vyver15. Permissible Limitations on Religion - T. Jeremy Gunn16. From Religious Freedom to Moral Freedom - Michael J. Perry17. Keeping Faith: Reconciling Women's Human Rights and Religion - Madhavi Sunder18. Religion and Children's Rights - Barbara Bennett Woodhouse19. Religion and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights - Ingvill Thorson Plesner20. Religion and Environmental Rights - Willis Jenkins21. Religion, Violence, and the Right to Peace - R. Scott Appleby22. Patterns of Religion State Relations - W. Cole Durham, Jr.Index ...a strong case for the need for a continuing and steadily maintained culture of human rights and for the contribution which Christian belief and practice may still make to it.
- ISBN: 978-0-19-973345-3
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 432
- Fecha Publicación: 08/12/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés