Title: Creeds, society, and human rights :
Authors: Stackhouse, Max L.
Date: 1984
Publisher: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.,
Physical description: xii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: J
Contents: Introduction : perspectives, focus, and methods -- The roots of human rights : ancient and medieval -- The Western revolutionary tradition : a longitudinal interpretation -- Human rights and society in modern America : cross-sectional encounters -- Religion and society in a Marxist land : a cross-sectional encounter -- The Socialist creed : a longitudinal interpretation -- Religion and society in India : a cross-sectional encounter -- India's social ethic : a longitudinal interpretation -- Toward comparative evaluations.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Civil rights.; Ethics, Comparative.; Human rights.; Social ethics.; Social justice.