Religious Diversity and Human Rights

Name: Religious Diversity and Human Rights
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ISBN: 9780231104173

ISBN-10: 0231104170

ISBN-13: 9780231104173

Edition: 1996

Authors: Irene Bloom, J. Paul Martin, Wayne L. Proudfoot, Wayne L. Proudfoot, J. Paul Martin

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An invaluable resource for readers seeking to understand how traditional religious ideas and values relate to modern ideas of human rights, how Western models of human rights are perceived in non-Western traditions, and what these traditions may have to offer in the realm of human rights. Together, the authors work to reassess both the rich and diverse resources of the major religious traditions and some of the most challenging problems of the contemporary world. The collection's central theme is the way in which the diversity of religious beliefs and practices -- from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism -- relates and can come in conflict with the moral…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 1/6/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 0.68" wide x 0.89" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments


An Introduction



The Individual and the Community in the Normative Traditions of Judaism



Hindu Perspectives on the Individual and the Collectivity



Human Rights and Human Responsibilities: Buddhist Views on Individualism and Altruism



Confucian Perspectives on the Individual and the Collectivity



The Individual and the Collectivity in Christianity



The Individual in Islamic Society



Religion and Lockean Natural Rights



Human Rights and the World's Religions: Christianity, Islam, and Religious Liberty



Hindu Nationalism and Human Rights



Catholicism and Human Rights in Latin America



Russian Orthodoxy and Human Rights



Muslim Women between Human Rights and Islamic Norms


Contributors


Index