02845nam a2200481Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040001300111020002900124020002600153020003000179020002700209020003500236020003200271035002100303035001800324050002900342072002500371082001400396049000900410245012900419260006400548300003600612504005300648520106100701588004701762650005101809650002901860650002701889650003101916655002201947650004701969700002402016700003202040776016002072856008602232910001602318994001202334999001702346ocn703144702OCoLC20200709055319.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu110221s2010    enk     ob    001 0 eng d  aN$TcN$T  z9780521194419 (hardback)  z0521194415 (hardback)  z9780521143745 (paperback)  z0521143748 (paperback)  a9780511933097 (electronic bk.)  a0511933096 (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)703144702  a344694b(N$T) 4aBT738.15b.C47525 2010eb 7aRELx0700002bisacsh04a261.7222  aN$TA00aChristianity and human rightsh[electronic resource] :ban introduction /cedited by John Witte, Jr. and Frank S. Alexander.  aCambridge ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2010.  a1 online resource (xii, 390 p.)  aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.  a"Combining Jewish, Greek, and Roman teachings with the radical new teachings of Christ and St. Paul, Christianity helped to cultivate the cardinal ideas of dignity, equality, liberty and democracy that ground the modern human rights paradigm. Christianity also helped shape the law of public, private, penal, and procedural rights that anchor modern legal systems in the West and beyond. This collection of essays explores these Christian contributions to human rights through the perspectives of jurisprudence, theology, philosophy and history, and Christian contributions to the special rights claims of women, children, nature and the environment. The authors also address the church's own problems and failings with maintaining human rights ideals. With contributions from leading scholars, including a foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, this book provides an authoritative treatment of how Christianity shaped human rights in the past, and how Christianity and human rights continue to challenge each other in modern times"--cProvided by publisher.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aHuman rightsxReligious aspectsxChristianity. 0aChristianityxInfluence. 0aHuman rightsxHistory. 7aRELIGION / Ethics2bisacsh 4aElectronic books. 7aRELIGION / Christianity / General2bisacsh1 aWitte, John,d1959-1 aAlexander, Frank S.,d1952-08iPrint version:tChristianity and human rights.dCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010z9780521194419w(DLC)  2010039006w(OCoLC)651077849403NetLibraryuhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=344694  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c50087d50087