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Religious Freedom and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Human Rights in History) - Softcover

Book 12 of 36: Human Rights in History

Lindkvist, Linde

 
9781316612224: Religious Freedom and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Human Rights in History)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1316612228 ISBN 13: 9781316612224
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) is widely considered to be the most influential statement on religious freedom in human history. Religious Freedom and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides a groundbreaking account of its origins and developments, examining the background, key players, and outcomes of Article 18, and setting it within the broader discourse around international religious freedom in the 1940s. Taking issue with standard accounts that see the text of the Universal Declaration as humanity's joint response to the atrocities of World War II, it shows instead how central features of Article 18 were intimately connected to the political projects and visions of particular actors involved in the start-up of the UN Human Rights program. This will be essential reading for anyone grappling with the historical and contemporary meaning of human rights and religious freedom.

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About the Author

Linde Lindkvist is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Theology at Uppsala Universitet, Sweden.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1316612228
ISBN 13 
9781316612224
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
190