Religion and rights : the Oxford Amnesty lectures 2008 /

'Rights were once thought to derive from the God-given nature of man. But today human rights and religion are sometimes in conflict. The universal claims made for rights can put them at odds with the revealed truths from which religions derive their authority. Many people's sense of human...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Williams, Wes (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Colección:Oxford Amnesty lectures
Temas:
Human rights > Religious aspects.
Religious tolerance.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Aspect religieux.
Tolérance religieuse.
Humanities.
Religion and beliefs.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
Religious tolerance
Human rights > Religious aspects
Society & Social Sciences > Politics and government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights, civil rights.
Electronic books
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Rights and religion: spaces for argument and agreement: Wendy James
  • 1. Race, faith and freedom in American and British history: Simon Schama
  • Response to Simon Schama: Matthew Spooner
  • 2. Pentecost: Learning the language of peace: Stanley Hauerwas
  • Response to Stanley Hauerwas: Pamela Sue Anderson
  • 3. Human rights and the Roman Catholic tradition: Charles Curran
  • Response to Charles Curran: Nicholas Bamforth
  • 4. Worldviews and universalisms: The doctrine of 'religion' in Islam and the idea of 'rights' in the West: Hisham Hellyer
  • Response to Hisham Hellyer: Chris Miller
  • 5. Terror and religion: Ronald Dworkin
  • Response to Ronald Dworkin: John Tasioulas
  • 6. Can human rights accommodate pluralism?: Chantal Mouffe
  • Response to Chantal Mouffe: Stuart White
  • 7. Symposium: Freedom of belief, freedom from belief
  • 7.1. Asma Jahangir
  • 7.2. Anthony C. Grayling
  • 7.3. John Pritchard
  • 7.4. Andrew Brown
  • 7.5. Emma Cohen
  • Index
  • Preface and acknowledgements.

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