Christ and human rights : the transformative engagement /

This book constructs a Christology which centers on a Christ of the vulnerable and the margins. It explores the interface between religion, law, politics and violence, East and West, North and South. The history of the use of sacred texts as 'texts of terror' is examined, and theological l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newlands, G. M., 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006.
Colección:Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective.
Temas:
Human rights > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
Christologie
Menschenrecht
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the centrality of rights
  • Jesus Christ and the hope of rights
  • Rights, cultures, and transcendence : ambiguity and tension
  • Human rights, history and Christology
  • The hermeneutics of rights in the history of interpretation
  • Christology in human rights focus : towards a humane christology
  • Christology in relation to global human rights strategy
  • Rights reconsidered : building a postfoundational pathway
  • Christology for human rights
  • Making rights stick.

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