TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ven,J.A.van der
TI  - Human rights or religious rules?
T2  - Empirical research in religion and human rights
SN  - 9789004188860
AV  - BL65.H78 V458 2010eb
U1  - 201/.723 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Religion
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Religion, Politics & State
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Varieties of religious weakness and strength -- Religious identity -- Reflective comparison in religious research -- Human rights : religious or nonreligious? -- Human rights : natural or political? -- Religious rights for minorities -- Religious freedom -- Separation of church and state -- Impact of religion on attitudes toward religious freedom and the separation of church and state
N2  - The relation between religion and human rights is a contested one, as they appear to compete with one another. Religion is often considered to represent a tradition of heteronomy and subordination in premodern times. Human rights emerged from early modern and modern times and stand for principles like human dignity, autonomy, equality. The first question in this book is how to define religion, its meaning, functions and structures, and how to study it. The second question is how to understand religion from its relation with human rights in such a way that justice is done to both religion and h
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