Christianity and human rights : an introduction /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 390 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Christianity -- Influence.
Human rights -- History.
86.81 human rights.
RELIGION -- Ethics.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Religion.
Christianity -- Influence.
Human rights.
Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Christentum
Menschenrecht
Human rights.
Christianity.
Christentum.
Menschenrecht.
Kristendom.
Religion och juridik.
Mänskliga rättigheter -- religiösa aspekter.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11826975
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Other authors / contributors:Witte, John, Jr., 1959-
Alexander, Frank S., 1952-
ISBN:9780511761713
0511761716
9780511933097
0511933096
9780511930409
0511930402
9780511922671
0511922671
9780511852923
0511852924
9780521194419
0521194415
9780521143745
0521143748
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Print version record.
Summary:"Combining Jewish, Greek, and Roman teachings with the radical new teachings of Christ and St. Paul, Christianity helped to cultivate the cardinal ideas of dignity, equality, liberty and democracy that ground the modern human rights paradigm. Christianity also helped shape the law of public, private, penal, and procedural rights that anchor modern legal systems in the West and beyond. This collection of essays explores these Christian contributions to human rights through the perspectives of jurisprudence, theology, philosophy and history, and Christian contributions to the special rights claims of women, children, nature and the environment. The authors also address the church's own problems and failings with maintaining human rights ideals. With contributions from leading scholars, including a foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, this book provides an authoritative treatment of how Christianity shaped human rights in the past, and how Christianity and human rights continue to challenge each other in modern times"--
Other form:Print version: Christianity and human rights. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521194419