Does Human Rights Need God?

, by Bucar, Elizabeth M.

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ISBN: 9780802829054 | 0802829058
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/30/2005

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Series Foreword

vii

John D. Carlson and Jean Bethke Elshtain

Preface

Contributors

Introduction: The "Why" of Human Rights

(24)

Elizabeth M. Bucar and Barbra Barnett

Part I: Religious Appraisals

1. Why Human Rights Needs God: A Christian Perspective

(16)

Max L. Stackhouse

2. Human Rights and Modern Western Faith: An Orthodox Christian Assessment

(7)

Vigen Guroian

3. God and Human Rights in a Secular Society: A Biblical-Talmudic Perspective

(10)

David Novak

4. Islam and the Challenge of Democratic Commitment

(46)

Khaled Abou El Fadl

5. Enduring Change: Confucianism and the Prospect of Human Rights

104

(31)

Anthony C. Yu

Part II: Secular Responses

6. Natural Law and Human Rights: A Conversation

135

(10)

Robert P. George

7. Religion, Religions, and Human Rights

145

(11)

Louis Henkin

8. The Challenge of Religious Fundamentalism to the Liberty and Equality Rights of Women: An Analysis under the United Nations Charter

156

(49)

Courtney W. Howland

Part III: Regional Experiences

9. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict of Rights: Is God the Only Problem?

205

(20)

Sari Nusseibeh

10. God, the Devil, and Human Rights: The South African Perspective

225

(18)

Charles Villa-Vicencio

11. What Kind of God Does Human Rights Require?

243

(26)

Martin Palouš

12. Religious Freedom: A Legacy to Reclaim

269

(23)

Robert A. Seiple

Afterword

292

(3)

Jean Bethke Elshtain

Endnotes

295

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