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

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Superior document:Currents of encounter ; v. 8
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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).
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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.