Christianity and Human Rights Christians and the Struggle for Global Justice

by Shepherd, Frederick M.; Bamat, Thomas; Byrne, Patrick; Dillion, Dana; S.J, Robert Drinan; Elshtain, Jean Bethke; Horn, Nico; Lewis, James; Loconte, Joseph; Michael, Joyce J.; Sniegocki, John; der Ven, Johannes van; Waller, James; Warner, Jonathan; Witte,

• ISBN13: 9780739124727
• ISBN10: 0739124722
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-16
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

In Christianity and Human Rights: Christians and the Struggle for Global Justice, Frederick M. Shepherd has collected essays by scholars and activists who, in a wide variety of ways, confront the issue of Christianity's role in the burgeoning movement for human rights. The volume's contributors provide diverse perspectives on the theology behind the idea of human rights, the debate over its meaning, and the evolution of the struggle for human rights. A wide variety of disciplinary perspectives are represented, from economics, political science, and law to history, philosophy, and theology. The essays also represent a broad political spectrum, including specific accounts from activists participating in the struggle for human rights. Separate chapters focus on cases from Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Christianity and Human Rights begins and ends with attempts to synthesize current theory and practice, acknowledging both Christianity's great successes and its failures in defending basic human rights around the globe. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Frederick M. Shepherd is chair and professor of political science at Samford University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: The Political and Theological Evolution of Christianity and Human Rights	p. ix
Past Sins, Future Promise: Overviews of Christianity and Human Rights
Deliver Us from Evil: Genocide and the Christian World	p. 3
A Dickensian Era of Religious Rights	p. 21
Religious Freedom and Human Rights
Religious Freedom: A Challenge for the Church	p. 47
The Enduring Alliance of Religious Freedom and Democracy	p. 65
Religious Freedom and International Law	p. 77
Democracy and Human Dignity	p. 87
Theological and Philosophical Foundations for Human Rights
Universal Rights or Personal Relations?	p. 99
Human Rights, the Common Good, and Our Supernatural Destiny	p. 119
Bo&zcheck;ena Komárková: Toward an Existential Christian Philosophy of Human Rights	p. 133
Catholic Social Teaching, Economic Rights, and Globalization	p. 149
Rights, Capabilities, and Human Flourishing	p. 163
Case Studies
The Rights of the Poor: Christian Theology and Human Rights Practices in Latin America's Andean Region	p. 179
Christianity and Human Rights in Vietnam: The Case of the Ethnic Minorities, 1975-2007	p. 195
From Human Rights to Human Wrongs: The Dramatic Turn-About of the South African Pentecostal Movement	p. 213
Concluding Remarks on Christianity and Human Rights	p. 229
Bibliography	p. 243
Index	p. 257
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 265
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