Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	May 2011
Editors:	Thomas Banchoff (Director, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs) • Robert Wuthnow (Andlinger Professor of Sociology; Director, Center for the Study of Religion)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-534338-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-534338-7
Barcode:	9780195343380

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