Christ and human rights the transformative engagement / [electronic resource] :
George Newlands.
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006.
- ix, 218 p. ; 24 cm.
- Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective series .
- Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index. Includes Web resources.
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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