Human rights and the world's major religions
By: condensed, revised, and edited by William H. Brackney ; Foreword by the Reverend A. Roy Medley
Edition: Condensed and updated edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781440828119; 9781440828126
Subjects: Human rights; Religious aspects; Weltreligion; Menschenrecht
Description: The five-volume set Human Rights and the World's Major Religions, covering the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions, appeared in 2005. This 2013 edition is a one-volume, updated edition of the set.
Notes: "The five-volume set Human Rights and the World's Major Religions, covering the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions, appeared in 2005 ... In 2011 ... commissioned a one-volume, updated edition of the set, which is now available."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-466) and index.

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Table of contents: title: The Jewish tradition. "Judaism" and human rights in the Greco-Roman world; title: Human rights in the medieval halachah; title: Human rights in practice: the liberal Jewish tradition in North America; title: The Christian tradition. Christian theological foundations of human rights; title: Religious liberty: the cornerstone of human rights; title: Christian responses to the United Nations declarations; title: The Islamic tradition. The worldview of Islam; title: Decline, colonial domination, and the quest for revival and reconstruction; title: Islam, democracy, and human rights; title: The Hindu tradition. Are there human rights in Hinduism?; title: Dharma (duty) and human rights; title: Individual and collective rights; title: Untouchables and human rights; title: The Buddhist tradition. Are there human rights in Buddhism?; title: Human rights as skillful means; title: State, society, and the Buddhist order; title: Buddhism and caste.