Does God believe in human rights? : : essays on religion and human rights / / edited by Nazila Ghanea, Alan Stephens, Raphael Walden.
Where can religions find sources of legitimacy for human rights? How do, and how should, religious leaders and communities respond to human rights as defined in modern International Law? When religious precepts contradict human rights standards - for example in relation to freedom of expression or i...
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| Superior document: | Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights, v. 5 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights ;
v. 5. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- The complimentarity between secular and religious perspectives of human rights / Richard Harries
- Religious truths and human coexistence / Roger Ruston
- Religion in a democratic society : safeguarding freedom, acknowledging identity, valuing partnership / Michael Ipgrave
- Conflicting values or misplaced interpretations? : examining the inevitability of a clash bewteen 'religions' and 'human rights' / Javaid Rehman
- Religion and human rights with special reference to Judaism / Norman Solomon
- Religion and human rights: redressing the balance / Avrom Sherr
- Human rights and its destruction of right and wrong / Melanie Phillips
- A more constructive encounter : a Baha'i view of religion and human rights / John Barnabas Leith
- 'Human rights,' 'religion' and the 'secular' : variant configurations of religion(s), state(s) and society(ies) / Paul Weller
- Freedom of religion and belief in the light of recent challenges : needs, clashes and solutions / Dennis de Jong
- Triumphalism and respect for diversity / Conor Gearty
- 'Phobias' and 'isms' : recognition of difference or the slippery slope of particularisms? / Nazila Ghanea
- Inciting religious hatred: balancing free speech and religious sensibilities in a multi-faith society / Peter Cumper
- Theoretical and institutional framework : the soft spot where human rights end and God begins / Frederik Harhoff.