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Christianity and human rights [electronic resource] : Christians and the struggle for global justice / edited by Frederick M. Shepherd.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2009.Description: xxiii, 270 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780739140093 (electronic bk.)
  • 0739140094 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 261.7 22
LOC classification:
  • BT738.15 .C4753 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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