TY - BOOK ID - 67024680 TI - Christianity and human rights AU - Witte, John AU - Alexander, Frank S PY - 2010 SN - 9780521194419 9780521143745 9780511761713 0511761716 9780511933097 0511933096 9780511930409 0511930402 9780511922671 0511922671 9780511852923 0511852924 0521194415 0521143748 110721436X 128293077X 9786612930775 0511931743 0511927894 0511925352 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Human rights KW - Christianity KW - Religious aspects KW - Influence KW - History KW - 241.63 KW - 342.72/.73 KW - 241.63 Theologische ethiek: eerbied voor het leven en de waardigheid van de menselijke persoon KW - Theologische ethiek: eerbied voor het leven en de waardigheid van de menselijke persoon KW - Basic rights KW - Civil rights (International law) KW - Rights, Human KW - Rights of man KW - Human security KW - Transitional justice KW - Truth commissions KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Mensenrechten. Amnesty International. Euthanasie KW - Law and legislation KW - Christianity. KW - Influence. KW - History. KW - Human rights - Religious aspects - Christianity KW - Christianity - Influence KW - Human rights - History KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Religion KW - RELIGION KW - Ethics. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:67024680 AB - "Combining Jewish, Greek, and Roman teachings with the radical new teachings of Christ and St. Paul, Christianity helped to cultivate the cardinal ideas of dignity, equality, liberty and democracy that ground the modern human rights paradigm. Christianity also helped shape the law of public, private, penal, and procedural rights that anchor modern legal systems in the West and beyond. This collection of essays explores these Christian contributions to human rights through the perspectives of jurisprudence, theology, philosophy and history, and Christian contributions to the special rights claims of women, children, nature and the environment. The authors also address the church's own problems and failings with maintaining human rights ideals. With contributions from leading scholars, including a foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, this book provides an authoritative treatment of how Christianity shaped human rights in the past, and how Christianity and human rights continue to challenge each other in modern times"-- ER -