03067nam a2200373Ia 4500 ocn436233186 OCoLC 20200709055223.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 090910s2009 mdu sb 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780739140093 (electronic bk.) 0739140094 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)436233186 283947 (N$T) BT738.15 .C4753 2009eb 261.7 22 N$TA Christianity and human rights [electronic resource] : Christians and the struggle for global justice / edited by Frederick M. Shepherd. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2009. xxiii, 270 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: The political and theological evolution of Christianity and human rights / Frederick M. Shepherd -- Past sins, future promise : overviews of Christianity and human rights -- Deliver us from evil : genocide and the Christian world / James E. Waller -- A Dickensian era of religious rights / John Witte, Jr. -- Religious freedom and human rights -- Religous freedom : a challenge for the church / Johannes A. van der Ven -- The enduring alliance of religious freedom and democracy / Joseph Loconte -- Religious freedom and international law / Robert F. Drinan -- Democracy and human dignity / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Theological and philosophical foundations for human rights -- Universal rights or personal relations? / Patrick Byrne -- Human rights, the common good, and our supernatural destiny / Dana L. Dillon -- Božena Koma︠rkova︠ : toward an existential Christian philosophy of human rights / Joyce J. Michael -- Catholic social teaching, economic rights, and globalization / John Sniegocki -- Rights, capabilities, and human flourishing / Jonathan Warner -- Case studies -- The rights of the poor : Christian theology and human rights practices in Latin America's Andean Region / Thomas Bamat -- Christianity and human rights in Vietnam : the case of ethnic minorities, 1975-2007 / James F. Lewis -- From human rights to human wrongs : the dramatic turn-about of the South African Pentecostal Movement / Nico Horn -- Concluding remarks on Christianity and human rights / Frederick M. Shepherd. Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. Human rights Religious aspects Christianity. Electronic books. local Shepherd, Frederick M., 1963- NetLibrary, Inc. Original 9780739124727 0739124722 9780739140093 0739140094 (DLC) 2009015270 (OCoLC)318716141 Bibliographic record display http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=283947 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information cpp3367 02 N$T 49562 49562