TY - BOOK ED - Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace TI - The Church and Human Rights: Working Paper No.1 U1 - C41.1 PY - 2012/// CY - New Delhi PB - CBCI Office for Justice, Peace and Development N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; I. INTRODUCTION ... 9 II. ASSESSMENT OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND CURRENT STANDPOINTS .... 15 A. HISTORICAL APPROACH...15 B. DOCTRINAL APPROACH.... 26 1. Teaching of the Magisterium.... 26 a) Central theme and supporting arguments in regard to human rights on the plane of reason and natural order.... 26 ¿ 1. Liberty and Fundamental Rights.... 27 ¿ 2. Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.... 29 b) Central themes and supporting arguments in regard to human rights on the plane of faith and of a specifically Christian oudook..... 33 2. Theological Reflection..... 37 III. PASTORAL ORIENTATIONS ..... 47 A. PASTORAL FACTORS IN THE PROMOTION AND DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS..... 47 1. Pastoral Activity, Politics and Human Rights..... 49 2. Pastoral Activity: Proclamation ....53 3. Pastoral Duty: The Prophetic Role of Protest ....56 B. TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION FOR PROMOTING AND DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS....... 61 C. ECUMENICAL DIMENSION..... 66 IV SOME PRACTICAL INITIATIVES .... 70 1. Action at the International Level..... 71 2. Action at the National Level..... 76 ER -