Christianity and human rights
Subtitle: Christians and the struggle for global justice
By: edited by Frederick M. Shepherd.
Contributors: Shepherd, Frederick M., 1963-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739124727; 9780739140093
Subjects: Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The political and theological evolution of Christianity and human rights / Frederick M. Shepherd; title: Past sins, future promise : overviews of Christianity and human rights; title: Deliver us from evil : genocide and the Christian world / James Waller; title: The best of times, the worst of times : a Dickensian era of religious rights / John Witte; title: Religious freedom and human rights; title: Toward a more comprehensive religious freedom / Johannes van der Ven; title: The enduring alliance of religious freedom and democratic rights / Joseph Loconte; title: Religious freedom and international law / Rpbert Drinan; title: Democracy and human dignity / Jean Bethke Elshtain; title: Theological and philosophical foundations for human rights; title: Patrick Byrne, universal rights or personal relations / Patrick Byrne; title: Human rights, the common good, and our supernatural destiny/ Dana Dillon; title: Bozena Komarkova : toward an existential Christian philosophy of human rights / Joyce J. Michael; title: Catholic social teaching, economic rights, and globalization / John Sniegocki; title: Rights, capabilities, and human flourishing; title: Case studies / Jonathan Warner; title: The rights of the poor : Christian theology and human rights practices in Latin America's Andean Region / Thomas Bamat; title: Christianity and human rights in Vietnam : the case of ethnic minorities (1975-2004) / James Lewis; title: From human rights to human wrongs : the dramatic turn of the South African Pentecostal Movement on human rights issues / Nico Horn; title: Conclusion: Concluding remarks on Christianity and human rights / Frederick M. Shepherd.