Format:
Online-Ressource (xxi, 272 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Brill Nijhoff E-Books Collections : Human Rights and Humanitarian Law ; International Law 2006-2008
ISBN:
9789004152540
Series Statement:
Studies in religion, secular beliefs, and human rights 5
Content:
Where can religions find sources of legitimacy for human rights? How do, and how should, religious leaders and communities respond to human rights as defined in modern International Law? When religious precepts contradict human rights standards which should trump the other? This volume tackle these difficult questions and other questions
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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The complimentarity between secular and religious perspectives of human rights / Richard Harries -- Religious truths and human coexistence / Roger Ruston -- Religion in a democratic society : safeguarding freedom, acknowledging identity, valuing partnership / Michael Ipgrave -- Conflicting values or misplaced interpretations? : examining the inevitability of a clash bewteen 'religions' and 'human rights' / Javaid Rehman -- Religion and human rights with special reference to Judaism / Norman Solomon -- Religion and human rights: redressing the balance / Avrom Sherr -- Human rights and its destruction of right and wrong / Melanie Phillips -- A more constructive encounter : a Bahá'í view of religion and human rights / John Barnabas Leith -- 'Human rights,' 'religion' and the 'secular' : variant configurations of religion(s), state(s) and society(ies) / Paul Weller -- Freedom of religion and belief in the light of recent challenges : needs, clashes and solutions / Dennis de Jong -- Triumphalism and respect for diversity / Conor Gearty -- 'Phobias' and 'isms' : recognition of difference or the slippery slope of particularisms? / Nazila Ghanea -- Inciting religious hatred: balancing free speech and religious sensibilities in a multi-faith society / Peter Cumper -- Theoretical and institutional framework : the soft spot where human rights end and God begins / Frederik Harhoff
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The complimentarity between secular and religious perspectives of human rights
,
Religion in a democratic society : safeguarding freedom, acknowledging identity, valuing partnership
,
Conflicting values or misplaced interpretations? : examining the inevitability of a clash between 'religions' and 'human rights'
,
Religion and human rights with special reference to Judaism
,
Religion and human rights: redressing the balance
,
Human rights and its destruction of right and wrong
,
A more constructive encounter : a Bahá'í view of religion and human rights
,
'Human rights, ' 'religion' and the 'secular' : variant configurations of religion(s), state(s) and society(ies)
,
Freedom of religion and belief in the light of recent challenges : needs, clashes and solutions
,
Triumphalism and respect for diversity
,
'Phobias' and 'isms' : recognition of difference or the slippery slope of particularisms?
,
Inciting religious hatred: balancing free speech and religious sensibilities in a multi-faith society
,
Theoretical and institutional framework : the soft spot where human rights end and God begins
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789047419068
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Does God believe in human rights? Leiden; Boston : Nijhoff, 2007 ISBN 9004152547
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004152540
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
Keywords:
Religion
;
Menschenrecht
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004152540.i-273
URL:
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Author information:
Ghanea, Nazila
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