| Description |
1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Foreword to the First Edition; Preface; Prolegomena; Part 1 -- The Foundations of Human Rights; Chapter 1 Axiology: Rights and the Ground of Worth; Chapter 2 Teleology: The Vocation of Man; Chapter 3 Anthropology: The Nature of Empirical Man; Chapter 4 Soteriology: The Social Significance of the Atonement; Part 2 -- The Community of Covenant; Chapter 5 The Primal Right as the Bond of Covenant; Chapter 6 Particularizations of the Primal Right; Chapter 7 Maintaining the Covenant; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Thoughtful and informative, this essay is an analysis of the basis and nature of human rights. Arguing that human rights is an issue that is often invoked but seldom intelligently considered, this record examines concrete, immediate, moral, and social issues, including birth control, taxation, welfare, private behavior, and military service. Noting the inadequacies of non-Christian positions--such as the radical-humanist, utilitarian, and self-realization approaches--this account develops an original thesis in which the absolute ground for rights is the will and grace of God |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christian sociology.
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Religion -- Social aspects
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Christian sociology
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Religion -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780856833403 |
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0856833401 |
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