Religion and Human Rights

An Introduction
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-973344-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 672 g

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 and responsibility, 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 human rights of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and indigenous 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, and self-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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Witte, John Jr.

Witte, John

Green, M. Christian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction - John Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green, Emory University

Part I: Human Rights and Religious Traditions
1. A Jewish Theory of Human Rights - David Novak
2. Christianity and Human Rights - Nicholas P. Wolterstorff
3. Islam and Human Rights: Framing and Reframing the Discourse - Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
4. Hinduism and Human Rights - Werner Menski
5. Confucianism and Human Rights - Joseph Chan
6. Buddhism and Human Rights - Sallie B. King
7. Indigenous Religion and Human Rights - Ronald Niezen
8. Religion, Human Rights, and Public Reason: The Role and Limits of a Secular Rationale - David Little

Part II: Religion and Modern Human Rights Issues
9. The Phases and Functions of Freedom of Conscience - Steven D. Smith
10. Religion and Freedom of Choice - Paul Taylor
11. Religion and Freedom of Expression - Carolyn Evans
12. Religion, Equality, and Non-Discrimination - Nazila Ghanea
13. Religion and Freedom of Association - Natan Lerner
14. The Right to Self-Determination of Religious Communities - Johan D. van der Vyver
15. Permissible Limitations on Religion - T. Jeremy Gunn
16. From Religious Freedom to Moral Freedom - Michael J. Perry
17. Keeping Faith: Reconciling Women's Human Rights and Religion - Madhavi Sunder
18. Religion and Children's Rights - Barbara Bennett Woodhouse
19. Religion and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights - Ingvill Thorson Plesner
20. Religion and Environmental Rights - Willis Jenkins
21. Religion, Violence, and the Right to Peace - R. Scott Appleby
22. Patterns of Religion State Relations - W. Cole Durham, Jr.

Index

Über Autor(innen)

JW: Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Director, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University. MCG: Alonzo McDonald Family Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University