Is there a God of human rights? : : the complex relationship between human rights and religion : a South African case / / by J.A. van der Ven, J.S. Dreyer, H.J.C. Pieterse.

• Superior document: International studies in religion and society, v. 2
• Author: Ven, J. A. van der, 1940-
• TeilnehmendeR: Dreyer, J. S.; Pieterse, H. J. C.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in religion and society ; 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (663 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume deals with historical, systematic and empirical questions with regard to the complex relationship between human rights and religion. It focuses on the place and function of human rights in democracies in modern society. Moreover it elaborates on the problems which are implied in the complex relationship between human rights and religion from the beginning. Lastly it investigates the positive, negative and ambivalent empirical effects of religious attitudes on human rights attitudes among some youth in South Africa.

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; PART ONE. HUMAN RIGHTS; Introduction to Part One; Chapter One: The Social Constitution of Human Beings and Human Rights; 1.1. Retribution and Reciprocity; 1.2. Mutual Recognition and Perspective Exchange; 1.3. Mutual Recognition, Law and Human Rights; Chapter Two: Society, Law and Human Rights; 2.1. The Choice of a Theory of Society; 2.2. System and Life World; 2.3. Politics, Law and Human Rights; 2.4. Deliberative Democracy and Human Rights; Chapter Three: Human Rights Culture and Human Rights Attitudes; 3.1. Human Rights Culture; 3.2. Human Rights Attitudes

3.3. Social Location of Human Rights AttitudesPART TWO. HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGION: A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP; Introduction to Part Two; Chapter Four: Context of Origin; 4.1. Religious Particularism and Universalism: Genesis, Isaiah and Romans; 4.2. Moral Particularism and Universalism: Law Books and the Synoptics; Chapter Five: Context of Codification; 5.1. Hegemony and Natural Law; 5.2. Resistance, Democracy and Natural Law; Chapter Six: Context of Legitimation; 6.1. Human Dignity; 6.2. The Human Being as the Image of God; 6.3. Human Dignity and the Image of God

PART THREE. EFFECTS OF RELIGION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: A SOUTH AFRICAN CASEIntroduction to Part Three; Chapter Seven: Effects of Religious Attitudes on Human Rights Attitudes; 7.1. Religious Attitudes; 7.2. The Effects of Religious Attitudes on Human Rights Attitudes; 7.3. Research Population; 7.4. Research Questions; Chapter Eight: Human Rights in the Name of God; 8.1. Images of God; 8.2. Does God Make a Difference in the Area of Human Rights?; Chapter Nine: Evil of Violence as a Trigger for Human Rights; 9.1. Evil of Violence

9.2. Evil of Violence as a Contrast Experience Leading to Human Rights?Chapter Ten: Imitation of Jesus in the Perspective of Human Rights; 10.1. Faces of Jesus; 10.2. Disciples of Jesus as Propagators of Human Rights?; Chapter Eleven: Salvation as a Motive for Human Rights; 11.1. Salvation; 11.2. Salvation Leading to Human Rights?; Chapter Twelve: Christian Communities for Human Rights; 12.1. Christian Communities; 12.2. Christian Communities as Mediators of Human Rights?; Chapter Thirteen: Interreligious Interaction as a Contribution to Human Rights; 13.1. Interaction with Other Religions

13.2. Interreligious Interaction Leading to Human Rights?Chapter Fourteen: Conclusion: A God of Human Rights? Which God of Which Religious Attitudes and Whose Human Rights?; 14.1. Effects of Religious Attitudes on Human Rights Attitudes; 14.2. Differences between Multicultural and Monocultural School Students; 14.3. Effects of Population Characteristics on Human Rights Attitudes; Appendix; About the authors; Literature; Index of subjects; Index of names