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Religion and public policy : human rights, conflict, and ethics /

This book pivots around two principal concerns in the modern world: the nature and practice of human rights in relation to religion, and the role of religion in perennial issues of war and peace. It articulates a vision for achieving a liberal peace and a just society firmly grounded in respect for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Twiss, Sumner B. (Editor ), Simion, Marian Gh (Editor ), Petersen, Rodney Lawrence (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • David Little: a modern Calvinist architect of human rights / John Witte, Jr.
  • On reformed Christianity and natural human rights / Gene Outka
  • Roger Williams and freedom of conscience and religion as a natural right / Sumner B. Twiss
  • Islam and human rights: the religious and the secular in conversation / Abdulaziz Sachedina
  • On grounding human rights: variations on themes by Little / John P. Reeder, Jr.
  • From human rights to animal rights? / Grace Yia-Hei Kao
  • Nibbana, dhamma, and sinhala Buddhism: a David Little retrospective / Donald K. Swearer
  • The present state of the comparative study of religious ethics: an update / John Kelsay
  • Religion, ethics, and war: David Little and ecumenical ethics / J. Bryan Hehir
  • War and the right to life: Orthodox Christian perspectives / Marian Gh. Simion
  • Swords to ploughshares, theory to practice: an evolution of religious peacemaking at USIP / Susan Hayward
  • Religion and multi-track diplomacy / Rodney L. Petersen
  • Developing a human rights lens on religious peacemaking / Scott Appleby
  • Toward a polycentric approach to conflict transformation / Atalia Omer
  • Rethinking Islamic politics: bringing the state back in / Scott Hibbard
  • Religion and politics: seeking a reconciliation / Natalie Sherman & David Gergen
  • The core of public reason: freedom from arbitrary pain and death / Christian Rice.