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Human Rights and the Impact of Religion.
Title:
Human Rights and the Impact of Religion.
Author:
Ven, Johannes A. van der.
ISBN:
9789004251403
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (280 pages)
Series:
Empirical Research in Religion and Human Rights
Contents:
Human Rights and the Impact of Religion -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Between Sanctity and Depravity: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Classical Lutheran Perspective -- Rights, Resistance, and Revolution in the Western Tradition: Early Protestant Foundations -- Human Rights in the History of the Roman Catholic Church -- (In)compatibility of Religion and Human Rights: The Case of Islam -- Religion, Personality and Human Rights: An Empirical Study among Adolescents in England and Wales Distinguishing between Religious Identity and Textual Authority among Christians and Muslims -- Religion and Attitudes towards Euthanasia and Abortion An Empirical Study among Young Christians and Muslims in Germany -- Attitudes towards Human Rights and Religiosity: A Case of Turkish Adolescents -- Towards a Legitimate Role of Religion in the Domain of Socioeconomic Rights: An Empirical Study among Adolescents in North West European countries -- Public Significance of Religion with regard to Socioeconomic Rights in the Multireligious Context of Tamil Nadu, India -- Religion and Attitudes towards Socioeconomic Human Rights An Empirical Study of Young Adults in Norway -- List of Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
This volume is about the positive, ambivalent, null and negative effects in various historical periods by various religious denominations within Christianity, Islam and Hinduism on the attitudes towards human rights of the first, second and third generation.
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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