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Human Rights and Religion A Reader.

Religion manifests itself as a force for social and political conflict and repression. Yet religions also promote ideals of harmonious living with traditions that enrich contemporary understandings of international human rights. This work examines the relationship between religion and human rights.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gearon, Liam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- General Introduction -- Part I Generic Issues -- Introduction -- 1 Religion -- 2 The United Nations -- 3 Religion and International Human Rights -- Part II Cultural and Religious Traditions -- Introduction -- 4 Anti-Semitism: Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- 5 Theology and Human Rights -- 6 Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics -- 7 Islam, Governance and Democracy -- 8 A Constructive Framework for Discussing Confucianism and Human Rights -- 9 Are There Human Rights in Buddhism? 
505 8 |a 10 Religious Freedom and Human Rights in India -- 11 Gandhi's Philosophy -- 12 Returning to my Roots: African "Religions" and the State -- Part III Regional Case Studies: Human Rights Watch and Survival -- Introduction -- 13 Muslim-Christian Conflict in Sudan Human Rights Watch -- 14 Afghanistan Human Rights Watch -- 15 China: The State Control of Religion Human Rights Watch -- 16 Politics by Other Means: Attacks on Christians in India Human Rights Watch -- 17 "We Have No Orders to Save You": Hindu-Muslim Violence in India Human Rights Watch 
505 8 |a 18 Orthodox Christian Intolerance in Georgia Human Rights Watch -- 19 Israel and the Palestinian Authority Territories Human Rights Watch -- 20 Indigenous and Minority Traditions: Case Studies from Survival -- Africa Twa in Rwanda People of the Niger Delta -- "Pygmies" of Central Africa -- Bushmen in Southern Africa -- Australia Aborigines in Australia -- The Americas Indians in Amazonia -- Indians in North America -- Innu in Canada -- Part IV Global Prospects -- Introduction -- 21 Religious Freedom -- 22 International Justice and Just War Theory 
505 8 |a 23 The Proliferation of Rights: Moral Progress or Empty Rhetoric? -- Appendix: International Documents and Further Reading/Research -- General Index -- Index of Articles, Charters and Conventions 
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