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Informationen zum Autor John S. Nurser is a fellow of the Human Rights Center at the University of Essex and Canon Emeritus of Lincoln Cathedral in the Church of England. He was the founding director of the ecumenical group Christianity and the Future of Europe (CAFE). Klappentext John Nurser has given life to a history almost sadly forgotten! and introduces the reader to the brilliant and heroic people of many faiths who! out of the aftermath of World War II and in the face of cynicism! dismissive animosity! and even ridicule! forged one of the world's most important secular documents! the United Nations's "Universal Declaration of Human Rights." These courageous! persistent! visionary individuals created the Commission on Human Rights. As David Little says in the foreword to this remarkable chronicle! "Both because of the large gap it fills in the story of the founding of the United Nations and the events surrounding the adoption of human rights! and because of the wider message it conveys about religion and peacebuilding! "For All People and All Nations is an immensely important contribution." Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword David Little PrefaceAcknowledgmentsArchives and Abbreviations Introduction: Revisiting a Myth PART ONE 1. The Idea: To Universalize "Christendom" 2. The Man: Fred Nolde PART TWO 3. To Write a Just and Durable Peace 4. Mobilizing Christian Forces 5. The Joint Committee on Religious Liberty 6. Preparing for San Francisco 7. The Charter of the United Nations Organization 8. An Ecumenical Instrument 9. Finding a Text 10. Declaring Human Rights 11. Conclusion: Faith and Human Rights Need Each Other APPENDIXES A Extracts from the Report of the WCC-in-Formation Conference "The Churches and the International Crisis" B Extracts from A Message from the National Study Conference on the Churches and a Just and Durable Peace C Extract from the Minutes of the First Full Meeting of the Joint Committee on Religious Liberty D The "Six Pillars of Peace" E Statement on Religious Liberty F Statement on Religious Liberty! Memorandum No. 2 G Extracts from the Report of Commission II! "The Peace Strategy of the Churches" H Letter on Human Rights in the Charter of the United Nations I Extracts from Concluding Remarks of J.H. Oldham and John Foster Dulles at the Final Session of the Girton College Conference J Letter from O. Frederick Nolde to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt K Extract from the Report of the Drafting Committee to the Commission on Human Rights L Extracts from the Declaration on Religious Liberty M Extracts from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights BibliographyIndex ...
