Laura E Alexander

Religion and Human Rights

An Introduction

• Gebundenes 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780367414962
• ISBN-10: 0367414961
• Artikelnr.: 69030296

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