| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 324 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction / Thomas Banchoff and Robert Wuthnow -- International human rights regime / Thomas Banchoff -- Human rights and democracy in Islam: the Indonesian case in global perspective / Robert W. Hefner -- Muslims, human rights, and women's rights / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- Religious pluralism, democracy, and human rights in Latin America / Paul Freston -- Gender justice and religion in sub-Saharan Africa / Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf -- Buddhism, human rights, and non-Buddhist minorities / Charles Keyes -- HInduism and the politics of rights in India / Pratap Bhanu Mehta -- Religion, state power, and human rights in China / David Ownby -- Religious communities and rights in the Russian Federation / Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer -- Human rights, the Catholic Church, and the death penalty in the United States / Thomas Banchoff |
| Summary |
Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures? Is democracy a necessary condition for the achievement of human rights in practice? This book surveys the religious politics of human rights across the world's major regions, political systems, and faith traditions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Religious aspects.
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RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State.
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Human rights -- Religious aspects
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Politics and Government.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Banchoff, Thomas F., 1964-
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Wuthnow, Robert
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| ISBN |
9780199711079 |
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0199711070 |
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