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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Frederick M. Shepherd - Contributions by Thomas Bamat; Patrick Byrne; Dana Dillion; Robert Drinan S.J; Jean Bethke Elshtain; Nico Horn; James Lewis; Joseph Loconte; Joyce J. Michael; John Sniegocki; Johannes van der Ven; James Waller; Jonathan W Klappentext Human Rights and Christianity: Christians and the Struggle for Global Justice focuses on Christianity's role in the global struggle for human rights. It includes essays by prominent figures in fields such as law, philosophy, psychology and theology, and synthesizes current thinking on global efforts for justice. Zusammenfassung Human Rights and Christianity: Christians and the Struggle for Global Justice focuses on Christianity's role in the global struggle for human rights. It includes essays by prominent figures in fields such as law! philosophy! psychology and theology! and synthesizes current thinking on global efforts for justice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Introduction: The Political and Theological Evolution of Christianity and Human Rights Part 2 Section One: Past Sins, Future Promise: Overivews of Christianity and Human Rights Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Deliver Us from Evil: Genocide and the Christian World Chapter 4 Chapter 2: "The Best of Times, the Worst of Times:" A Dickensian Era of Religious Rights Part 5 Section Two: Religious Freedom and Human Rights Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Toward a More Comprehensive Religious Freedom Chapter 7 Chapter 4: The Enduring Alliance of Religious Freedom and Democratic Rights Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Religious Freedom and International Law Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Democracy and Human Dignity Part 10 Section Three: Theological and Philosophical Foundations for Human Rights Chapter 11 Chapter 7: Universal Rights or Personal Relations? Chapter 12 Chapter 8: Human Rights, the Common Good and Our Supernatural Destiny Chapter 13 Chapter 9: Bozena Komarkova: Toward an Existential Christian Philosophy of Human Rights Chapter 14 Chapter 10: Catholic Social Teaching, Economic Rights, and Globalization Chapter 15 Chapter 11: Rights, Capabilites and Human Flourishing Part 16 Section Four: Case Studies Chapter 17 Chapter 12: The Rights of the Poor: Christian Theology and Human Rights Practices in Latin America's Adean Region Chapter 18 Chapter 13: Christianity and Human Rights in Vietnam: The Case of Ethnic Minorities (1975-2004) Chapter 19 Chapter 14: From Human Rights to Human Wrongs: The Dramatic Turn of the South African Pentecostal Movement on Human Rights Issues Part 20 Conclusion: Conclusing Remarks of Christianity and Human Rights...
