Religion and Human Rights An Introduction

includes index and biblioraphy

PART ONE Human Rights and Religious Traditions 1 A Jewish Theory of Human Rights 27 DAVID NOVAK 2 Christianity and Human Rights 42 NICHOLAS P. WOLTERSTORFF 3 Islam and Human Rights 56 ABDULLAHI AHMED AN-NA`lM 4 Hinduism and Human Rights 71 WERNER MENSKI 5 Confucianism and Human Rights 87 JOSEPH C. W. CHAN 6 Buddhism and Human Rights 103 SALLIE B. KING 7 Indigenous Religion and Human Rights 119 RONALD NIEZEN 8 Religion, Human Rights, and Public Reason: The Role and Limits of a Secular Rationale 135 DAVID LITTLE PART TWO Religion and Modern Human Rights Issues 9 The Phases and Functions of Freedom of Conscience 155 STEVEN D. SMITH 10 Religion and Freedom of Choice PAUL M. TAYLOR 11 Religion and Freedom of Expression CAROLYN EVANS 12 Religion, Equality, and Non-Discrimination NAZILA GHANEA 13 Religion and Freedom of Association NATAN LERNER 14 The Right to Self-Determination of Religious Communities JOHAN D. VAN DER VYVER 15 Permissible Limitations on the Freedom of Religion or Belief 254 T. JEREMY GUNN 16 The Right to Religious and Moral Freedom 269 MICHAEL J. PERRY 17 Keeping Faith: Reconciling Women`s Human Rights and Religion 281 MADHAVI SUNDER 18 Religion and Children`s Rights BARBARA BENNETT WOODHOUSE 19 Religion and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights INGVILL THORSON PLESNER 20 Religion and Environmental Rights WILLIS JENKINS 21 Religion, Violence, and the Right to Peace R. SCOTT APPLEBY 22 Patterns of Religion State Relations W. COLE DURHAM, JR.