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Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights (Paperback)
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Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures? Is
democracy a necessary condition for the achievement of human rights
in practice? And when, if ever, is it legitimate for external
actors to impose their understandings of human rights upon
particular countries? In the contemporary context of globalization,
these questions have a salient religious dimension. Religion
intersects with global human rights agendas in multiple ways,
including: whether ''universal'' human rights are in fact an
imposition of Christian understandings; whether democracy, the
''rule of the people,'' is compatible with God's law; and whether
international efforts to enforce human rights including religious
freedom amount to an illicit imperialism. This book brings together
leading specialists across disciplines for the first major survey
of the religious politics of human rights across the world's major
regions, political systems, and faith traditions. The authors take
a bottom-up approach and focus particularly on hot-button issues
like human rights in Islam, Falun Gong in China, and religion in
the former Soviet Union. Each essay examines the interaction of
human rights and religion in practice and the challenges they pose
for national and international policymakers.
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