Theology and the Boundary Discourse of Human Rights

Informationen zum Autor Ethna Regan is a lecturer in theology at the Mater Dei Institute of Education! Dublin City University in Ireland. Klappentext What are human rights? Can theology acknowledge human rights discourse? Is theological engagement with human rights justified? What place should this discourse occupy within ethics? The author seeks to answer these questions about human rights! Christian theology! and philosophical ethics. Zusammenfassung What are human rights? Can theology acknowledge human rights discourse? Is theological engagement with human rights justified? What place should this discourse occupy within ethics? The author seeks to answer these questions about human rights! Christian theology! and philosophical ethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. A Dialectical Boundary Discourse: Secular and Religious 2. Theological Anthropology and Human Rights: Karl Rahner's Concentration on the Human 3. Human Rights in Time: Realism between Memory and Hope 4. Liberation Theology and Human Rights: From Interruptive Realism to the Centrality of La Realidad 5. Rights-Holders or Beggars? Responding to the Post-Liberal Critique Conclusion Select Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Ethna Regan, Regan Ethna
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2010
• EAN: 9781589016422
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-642-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Human rights, civil rights