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020 _a9780511761713 (ebook)
020 _z9780521194419 (hardback)
020 _z9780521143745 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
_dBD-SySUS.
050 0 0 _aBT738.15
_b.C47525 2010
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245 0 0 _aChristianity and Human Rights :
_bAn Introduction /
_cedited by John Witte, Jr, Frank S. Alexander.
246 3 _aChristianity & Human Rights
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (404 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520 _aCombining 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.
700 1 _aWitte, Jr, John,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aAlexander, Frank S.,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521194419
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511761713
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c37903
_d37903