Religion and Public Policy: Human Rights, Conflict, and Ethics - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 1107090369 ISBN 13: 9781107090361

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

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 grounded in respect for human rights.

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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.

Biografía del autor:

Sumner B. Twiss is the Distinguished Professor of Human Rights, Ethics, and Religion at Florida State University, where he holds a joint appointment between the Department of Religion and the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights. He is also Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Brown University, where he served on the faculty for thirty years and as department chair for twelve years. He is the co-author and co-editor of seven books, and the author of more than seventy published articles in the areas of comparative religious ethics, biomedical ethics, philosophy of religion, global ethics, intercultural human rights, and the comparative study of just war.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107090369
• ISBN 13: 9781107090361
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 414
• Herausgeber: Twiss Sumner B., Simion Marian Gh., Petersen Rodney L.