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Christianity and Human Rights|Frances S. Adeney

Christianity and Human Rights : Influences and Issues

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A wide-ranging look at Christianity and human rights.

This book addresses the relationship of Christianity and human rights-a relationship fraught with ambiguity. While human rights discourse arose in a Christian culture, it has sometimes stood in opposition to organized Christianity. Christianity has been a champion of human rights; on other occasions it has been a major violator of them. Contributors to this book explore both positive and negative views of human rights arising from Christian traditions. Among the issues discussed are the sources of ideas on human rights, Christian influences on international human rights covenants and conventions, Christian theology and human rights, the right to change religions, Roman Catholic perspectives, and Christian peace activism and human rights. Christian discourse is juxtaposed with the proposed Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions, which is included.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780791469514
  • ISBN-10: 0791469514
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publish Date: January 2007
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.01 pounds
  • Page Count: 240

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