Human Rights & Religion: A Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1902210956 ISBN 13: 9781902210957

Verlag: Liverpool University Press, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

The relationship between religion and human rights is complex. The United Nations' 1948 Declaration of Human Rights arose from the quest to define basic human dignities in the face of extreme cultural and religious persecution. Religion as a cultural phenomenon continues to manifest itself as a force for social and political conflict, institutionalized violence and repression. Yet religions also promote ideals of harmonious living with traditions that enrich contemporary understandings of international human rights with models of love, universal respect and justice. HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGION: A READER brings together an outstanding range of sources in a single volume to deal with these and related questions. With cutting-edge theoretical perspectives and reflections on future prospects, the volume includes critical case studies on human rights and the world's religions in a political context and addresses the following questions: What are the critical issues when thinking about religion and human rights? Why do cultural and religious differences present such challenges to international consensus on human rights? Can universal human rights ever be implemented in a world of particular cultural and religious identities? This book is an invaluable and accessible guide to a field of critical importance.

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Liam Gearon holds a University Lectureship in Religious Education at the Oxford University Department of Education and a Senior Research Fellowship at Harris Manchester College. He has published widely in the fields of religion and literature, including the critically acclaimed edited work, English Literature, Theology and the Curriculum.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Liverpool University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1902210956
• ISBN 13: 9781902210957
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 404
• Herausgeber: Gearon Liam
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