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Informationen zum Autor William H. Brackney is The Millard R. Cherry Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology and Ethics at Acadia Divinity College, and a member of the Faculty of Theology in Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada. WILLIAM H. BRACKNEY is Principal and Professor of Historical Theology at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. The author of four books and contributor to numerous scholarly publications in Baptist and North American religious history, Dr. Brackney is Chairman of the Division of Study and Research of the Baptist World Alliance. His education includes degrees from the University of Maryland, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Temple University, where he received his doctorate in history and religion. William H. Brackney is Professor in and Chair of the Department of Religion at Baylor University. His books include The Baptists (Greenwood, 1988), Christian Voluntarism in Britain and North America (Greenwood, 1992), Christian Voluntarism: Theology and Praxis (1997), Pilgrim Pathways (1998), and Historical Dictionary of the Baptists (1999). Klappentext Based on the celebrated five-volume set published in 2005, this updated one-volume edition offers readers a concise yet complete understanding of the interplay between the major religions and human rights. In a world where religious beliefs have become inseparable from the events of the day, ranging from the ongoing strife in the Middle East to cases of sexual abuse by clergy and controversy over circumcision laws in Europe, this is an invaluable work. It offers readers a comprehensive examination of the way the world's five major faiths-Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism-view and have viewed human rights from ancient times to the present. An overview of each tradition is provided, followed by chapters that show how human rights have been shaped and understood in the tradition from the earliest textual evidence to the contemporary era.Considering the differences among religious traditions globally, the book shows how each faith advanced the cause of human rights in unique ways. Contributors track the development of ideas, opinions, and issues, documenting both the advancement and violation of human rights in the name of religion. Demonstrating that human rights discourse cannot be divorced from religious history and experience, the book covers such issues as the right to life, the rights of women, punishment for crimes, war and peace, slavery, and violence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction Chronology PART I: THE JEWISH TRADITION ONE: "Judaism" and Human Rights in the Greco-Roman World TWO: Human Rights in the Medieval Halachah THREE: Human Rights in Practice: The Liberal Jewish Tradition in North America PART II: THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION FOUR: Christian Theological Foundations of Human Rights FIVE: Religious Liberty: The Cornerstone of Human Rights SIX: Christian Responses to the United Nations Declarations PART III: THE ISLAMIC TRADITION SEVEN: The Worldview of Islam EIGHT: Decline, Colonial Domination, and the Quest for Revival and Reconstruction NINE: Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights PART IV: THE HINDU TRADITION TEN: Are There Human Rights in Hinduism? ELEVEN: Dharma (Duty) and Human Rights TWELVE: Individual and Collective Rights THIRTEEN: Untouchables and Human Rights PART V: THE BUDDHIST TRADITION FOURTEEN: Are There Human Rights in Buddhism? FIFTEEN: Human Rights as Skillful Means SIXTEEN: State, Society, and the Buddhist Order SEVENTEEN: Buddhism and Caste Notes Sources Relating to Religious Traditions and Human Rights Human Rights Bibliography Index ...
