Human rights or religious rules? / by Johannes A. van der Ven.
The relation between religion and human rights is a contested one, as they appear to compete with one another. Religion is often considered to represent a tradition of heteronomy and subordination in premodern times. Human rights emerged from early modern and modern times and stand for principles li...
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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| Series: | Empirical research in religion and human rights ;
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Table of Contents:
- Varieties of religious weakness and strength
- Religious identity
- Reflective comparison in religious research
- Human rights : religious or nonreligious?
- Human rights : natural or political?
- Religious rights for minorities
- Religious freedom
- Separation of church and state
- Impact of religion on attitudes toward religious freedom and the separation of church and state.