Faith and Human Rights: Christianity and the Global Struggle for Human Dignity (Facets) - Softcover

Richard Amesbury; George M. Newlands

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800621328 ISBN 13: 9780800621322

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2008

Synopsis

The UN's 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights stands as a highpoint of twentieth-century moral deliberation, yet sixty years later human rights are widely denied, evaded, or ignored around the world. Where are religious persons in this situation? Here a philosopher and a theologian address the issues with authority, clarity, and genuine passion in a way that does not spare religion or even religious people, who have been among the most egregious violators of human rights in the world.

Faith and Human Rights argues that the idea of human rights is not exclusively religious, but that its realization in practice requires urgent action on the part of people of all faiths--and of no faiths. The authors contend that while faith has much of value to contribute here, the world s religions will require vigilant reappraisal if they are to function as genuine partners in the global struggle for human dignity. Acknowledging the ambiguous moral legacy of their own tradition, Christianity, the authors draw on Christological themes to draft blueprints for a culturally sensitive 'theology of human rights'.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Amesbury is Professor of Ethics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where he directs the Institute for Social Ethics

George M. Newlands is Professor of Divinity and Principal at Trinity College at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0800621328
• ISBN 13: 9780800621322
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 166