Tensions within and between religions and human rights / [edited] by Johannes A. van der Ven, Hans-Georg Ziebertz.

• Superior document: Empirical research in religion and human rights, v. 2
• Author: Empirical Research Program Religion and Human Rights. Conference
• TeilnehmendeR: Ven, J. A. van der, 1940-; Ziebertz, Hans-Georg, 1956-; Empirical Research Program Religion and Human Rights. Conference
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Empirical research in religion and human rights ; v. 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Notes: Proceedings of the 1st and 2nd conferences of the Empirical Research Program Religion and Human Rights, held in 2008 and 2010 at the Radboud University Nijmegen.

This volume contains theoretical and empirical articles on tensions within and between religion and human rights. There are conflicts in the past histories of Christianity and Islam in regard to human rights, but also in contemporary history. There are also tensions in the sphere of human rights, like the relation between natural law and human rights, morality and law, liberty and equality, civil rights and socio-economic rights, and more specific ones, like the rights of humans and citizens, religious freedom and the separation of church and state, religious freedom and freedom of speech, and the state and religion on social welfare provisions. The volume aims at theoretical clarification and empirical exploration on data from 14 countries. Contributors include: Jean-Pierre Wils, Piet Hein van Kempen, Mathias Rohe, Johannes (Hans) van der Ven, Anders Sjöborg, Raymond J. Webb, Jack Curran, Marion Reindl, Leo W.J.M. van der Tuin, Clement D. Fumbo, and Hans-Georg Ziebertz.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Johannes A. van der Ven and Hans Georg Ziebertz -- Introduction / Johannes A. van der Ven and Hans Georg Ziebertz -- Universality of Human Rights and the Need for Parsimony / Jean-Pierre Wils -- Freedom of Religion and Criminal Law: A Legal Appraisal. From the Principle of Separation of Church and State to the Principle of Pluralist Democracy? / Piet Hein van Kempen -- On the Foundations of Human rights. Religious and Secular Approaches in the West and in Islam / Mathias Rohe -- Religious Liberty in Political Perspective / Johannes A. van der Ven -- The Impact of Religion on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech among Young Swedes / Anders Sjöborg -- Human Rights among Muslims and Christians in Palestine and Germany / Raymond J. Webb , Hans-Georg Ziebertz , Jack Curran and Marion Reindl -- Women Rights and Religion among Christian and Islamic Students in Tanzania / Leo W.J.M. van der Tuin and Clement D. Fumbo -- Religious Socialisation and Values as Predictors of Human Rights Attitudes. An Empirical Study among Christian and Muslim Adolescents in Germany / Hans-Georg Ziebertz and Marion Reindl -- List of Contributors / Johannes A. van der Ven and Hans Georg Ziebertz -- Index / Johannes A. van der Ven and Hans Georg Ziebertz.