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Zusatztext ...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. Informationen zum Autor 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 Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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 ...
