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xxiii, 270 p. ; 24 cm. 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. edited by Frederick M. Shepherd. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. Human rights Religious aspects Christianity BT738.15 .C4753 2009eb 261.7 (DLC) 2009015270 (OCoLC)318716141 9780739140093 (electronic bk.) 0739140094 (electronic bk.) http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=283947 http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=283947 N$T 090910 20200709055223.0 ocn436233186