Human rights : a fragile hegemony -- The globalization of political theologies -- The case of Islamic fundamentalism -- The case of Christian fundamentalism -- Human rights in the contact zones with political theologies -- Toward a post-secularist conception of human rights : counter-hegemonic human rights and progressive theologies
Summary
We live in a time when the most appalling social injustices and unjust human sufferings no longer seem to generate the moral indignation and the political will needed both to combat them effectively and to create a more just and fair society. If God Were a Human Rights Activist aims to strengthen the organization and the determination of all those who have not given up the struggle for a better society, and specifically those that have done so under the banner of human rights. It discusses the challenges to human rights arising from religious movements and political theologies that claim the p
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Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed March 26, 2015)
