Human Rights or Religious Rules?.
Title:
Human Rights or Religious Rules?.
Author:
van der Ven, Johannes A.
ISBN:
9789004188860
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (487 pages)
Series:
Empirical Research in Religion and Human Rights ; v.1
Empirical Research in Religion and Human Rights
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Part One Religion -- Chapter One Varieties of Religious Weakness and Strength -- Chapter Two Religious Identity -- Chapter Three Reflective Comparison in Religious Research -- Part Two Religion and Human Rights -- Chapter Four Human Rights: Religious or Nonreligious? -- Chapter Five Human Rights: Natural or Political? -- Chapter Six Religious Rights for Minorities -- Part Three Empirical Research in Religion and Human Rights Culture -- Chapter Seven Religious Freedom -- Chapter Eight Separation of Church and State -- Chapter Nine Impact of Religion on Attitudes toward Religious Freedom and the Separation of Church and State -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names.
Abstract:
Drawing on historical inisights, systematic reflections and empirical data, this book offers a substantive understanding of the complex relationship between religion and human rights and of the empirical impact of Christianity and Islam on the attitudes toward human rights, i.e. a human rights culture.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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