Human rights and religious values : : an uneasy relationship? / / Abdullahi A. An-Na'im.

• Superior document: Currents of encounter ; v. 8
• VerfasserIn: Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : BRILL Academic Publishers,, 2024.
• Year of Publication: 1995; 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Currents of encounter ; vol. 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 291 pages).

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part I: Ethical and Philosophical Perspectives -- 1 Human Rights from the Perspective of a Narrow Conception of Religious Morality -- 2 Religious Ways of Life and Human Rights -- Part II: Juridical and Cultural Perspectives -- 3 International Order and Human Rights: A Matter of Good Governance -- 4 Human Rights, Entitlement Systems and the Problem of Cultural Receptivity -- 5 Cultural Relativism and Universal Human Rights? -- Part III: Case Studies from Religious Traditions -- 6 Raja Rammohun Roy's Thought and its Relevance for Human Rights -- 7 Fundamentalist Hindu Values and Human Rights: Two Worlds Apart? -- 8 Combatting the Enemy: The Use of Scripture in Gandhi and Godse -- 9 Human Rights in Buddhist Perspective -- 10 A Buddhist View of Human Rights -- 11 Shinkoku (Divine Country) and the Violation of Human Rights -- 12 Restricted Freedom in Europe: The Case of Religious Sects -- 13 The Pursuit of Full Humanity: An Asian Christian View of Human Rights -- 14 Calvinist Thought and Human Rights -- 15 The Christian Ecumenical Reception of Human Rights -- 16 Toward an Islamic Hermeneutics for Human Rights -- 17 'Ali Shari'ati and Human Rights -- Part IV: Concluding Observations: Strategies for the Future -- 18 Religions and Rights: Local Values and Universal Declarations -- 19 Workshop Statement -- Appendices -- Index of Authors and Names -- List of Contributors.