On the Significance of Religion for Human Rights

Addressed to policy makers, academics and practitioners worldwide, this progressive and engaging volume offers provides pragmatic studies which further the interreligious, international and interdisciplinary understanding of the role of religion in the area of human rights.

List of contents

Part I: Summary 1. Summary of Recommendations for Secular and Religious Actors Pauline Kollontai and Friedrich Lohmann Part II: Why Religion Matters 2. Introduction Friedrich Lohmann and Pauline Kollontai Part III: Religion and Human Rights: Problems 3.1 Orientation: How and Why Religion Resists the Idea of Human Rights Friedrich Lohmann and Pauline Kollontai 3.2 Hindu Perspective: Human Rights of Women and the Notion of 'Pollution' in Hinduism Hari Priya Pathak 3.3 Jewish Perspective: Jewish Exclusionist Theology in Israel Pauline Kollontai 3.4 Christian Perspective: The Appeal to Traditional Values as an Argument Against Human Rights Friedrich Lohmann 3.5 Islamic and Iranian Perspectives on Human Rights: Problems Katajun Amirpur and Ingrid Overbeck Part IV: Religion and Human Rights: Potentials 4.1 Orientation: How Religion Can Contribute to Human Rights Pauline Kollontai and Friedrich Lohmann 4.2 Hindu Perspective: Women and Democratic Ideals in Hinduism: A Case Study of Women's Entrance to Sabarimala Temple Hari Priya Pathak 4.3 Jewish Perspective: Challenging Jewish Religious Exclusionist Praxis Pauline Kollontai 4.4 Christian Perspective: Jesus Christ the Liberator Friedrich Lohmann 4.5 Islamic and Iranian Perspectives on Human Rights: Potentials Katajun Amirpur and Ingrid Overbeck Part V: Now What? Implications and Recommendations 5. Now What? Recommendations for Building Cooperation Between Secular and Religious Actors Pauline Kollontai and Friedrich Lohmann. Index

About the author

Pauline Kollontai is Professor Emerita in the Department of Religion, Politics and International Relations at York St John University, UK.
Friedrich Lohmann is Professor of Protestant Theology and Applied Ethics at the Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany.

Summary

Addressed to policy makers, academics and practitioners worldwide, this progressive and engaging volume offers provides pragmatic studies which further the interreligious, international and interdisciplinary understanding of the role of religion in the area of human rights.

Product details

• Authors: Pauline Kollontai, Pauline Lohmann Kollontai, Kollontai Pauline, Friedrich Lohmann, Lohmann Friedrich
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032383330
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3238333-0
• No. of pages: 114
• Series: Religion Matters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, RELIGION / General, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Society & culture: general, Social & political philosophy, Religion & politics, social and political philosophy, Jurisprudence & general issues, Religion and Politics, Society and culture: general, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Jurisprudence and general issues