Religion and human rights : an introduction / edited by John Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green.
The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable. While most of the world's religions have supported violence, repression, and prejudice, each has also played a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal human rights. Most importantly, religions provide...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2012]
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable. While most of the world's religions have supported violence, repression, and prejudice, each has also played a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal human rights. Most importantly, religions provide the essential sources and scales of dignity and responsibility, shame and respect, restraint and regret, restitution and reconciliation that a human rights regime needs to survive and flourish in any culture. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 392 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199910175 0199910170 |