Human Rights and Responsibilities in the

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.

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

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