Laura E. Alexander

Religion and Human Rights

An Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book highlights perspectives from religious traditions worldwide, in conversation with other communities who promote, critique, or question the idea of human rights. It shows how human rights can provide a platform for dialogue among groups of people from diverse backgrounds who seek to address pressing issues of human well-being.

In each chapter, readers will be introduced to religious and human rights perspectives on specific global issues. Intersecting with these issues, the work examines history and philosophy of human rights, for a generally accessible overview of human rights theory, foundations, and critique. Specific case studies woven through the book will also help both students and advocates - whether they are part of religious communities or not - engage more deeply with particular areas of concern.

This volume is a useful resource for undergraduate students who are learning about the relationship between religion and human rights in a classroomfor the first time, as well as upper-level and graduate students looking for a broad basis of knowledge and a starting point for digging deeper into specific areas of scholarship.

Produktdetails

• Engaging with Religion
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 469g
• ISBN-13: 9780367414979
• ISBN-10: 036741497X
• Artikelnr.: 69033333

Autorenporträt

Laura E. Alexander is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Executive Director of the Goldstein Center for Human Rights at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she also previously served as inaugural holder of the Goldstein Family Community Chair in Human Rights.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Commonly Used Acronyms Text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Introduction 1. History of Religion and Human Rights 2. Debates and Discussions about Human Rights 3. Religion, Family Ties, and Rights Across the Lifespan 4. Religion, Human Rights, Gender, and Sexuality 5. Racial Discrimination, Religious Nationalism, and Human Rights 6. Violence, Coercion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding 7. Religion and Economic Rights 8. Religion, Health, and Human Rights 9. Migrants and Refugees 10. The Rights of the Earth? Human Rights, the Natural Environment, and Other-Than-Human Persons 11. The Future of Religion and Human Rights. Index

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Acknowledgments Commonly Used Acronyms Text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Introduction 1. History of Religion and Human Rights 2. Debates and Discussions about Human Rights 3. Religion
Family Ties
and Rights Across the Lifespan 4. Religion
Human Rights
Gender
and Sexuality 5. Racial Discrimination
Religious Nationalism
and Human Rights 6. Violence
Coercion
Conflict
and Peacebuilding 7. Religion and Economic Rights 8. Religion
Health
and Human Rights 9. Migrants and Refugees 10. The Rights of the Earth? Human Rights
the Natural Environment
and Other-Than-Human Persons 11. The Future of Religion and Human Rights. Index