Human Rights and Responsibilities in the World Religions

by Runzo, Joseph; Martin, Nancy M; Sharma, Arvind

• ISBN13: 9781851683093
• ISBN10: 1851683097
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-08
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Summary

This volume outlines the approaches to human rights and responsibilitiesithin the different world religions. Featuring contributions from over 15cholars, the book covers such key issues as women's rights, the role ofnternational law, and responsibility for the environment. It also includes aUniversal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions", presentedt the third Parliament of the World Religions.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xi
List of Contributors	xiii
Acknowledgments	xix
Introduction	1	(8)
Part I SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS ETHICS
Secular Rights and Religious Responsibilities	9	(18)
Joseph Runzo
The Synergy and Interdependence of Human Rights, Religion, and Secularism	27	(24)
Abdullahi A. An-Na'im
Faith, Faiths, and the Future: The First Two Limbs of Yoga	51	(16)
Arindam Chakrabarti
The Religious Perspective: Dignity as a Foundation for Human Rights Discourse	67	(12)
Arvind Sharma
Part II BEING HUMAN AND HAVING RIGHTS
Rats, Cockroaches, and People Like Us: Views of Humanity and Human Rights	79	(18)
Gerrie ter Haar
Humanitarian Intervention, International Law, and the World Religions	97	(18)
Brian D. Lepard
Human Rights, Environmental Rights, and Religion	115	(16)
James Kellenberger
Part III A DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS
Towards a Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions	131	(10)
Arvind Sharma
A Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions	141	(8)
A Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions: A Jewish Perspective	149	(10)
Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert
A Christian Response to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions	159	(10)
Jerry Irish
``This Tremor of Western Wisdom'': A Muslim Response to Human Rights and the Declaration	169	(10)
Amir Hussain
Can One Size Fit All? Indic Perspectives on the Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions	179	(8)
Christopher Key Chapple
Interreligious Dialogue, Globalization, and Human Rights: Buddhist Reflections on Interdependence and the Declaration	187	(12)
David W. Chappell
Human Rights and Responsibilities: A Confucian Perspective on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights	199	(10)
John Berthrong
Part IV RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
A Jewish Perspective on Human Rights	209	(24)
Elliot N. Dorff
Christian Ethics and Human Rights	233	(14)
Philip Quinn
Buddhism and Human Rights: The Recent Buddhist Discussion and its Implications for Christianity	247	(20)
James Fredericks
Rights, Roles, and Reciprocity in Hindu Dharma	267	(16)
Nancy M. Martin
Confucian Values and Human Rights	283	(18)
Sumner B. Twiss
The Human Rights Commitment in Modern Islam	301	(64)
Khaled Abou El Fadl
Select Bibliography	365	(8)
Index	373