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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the challenge of religion / Johannes Morsink.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publisher: Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, 2017Description: x, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780826220844
  • 0826220843
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K3241 M886 2017
Contents:
Independent access to moral basics -- Statecraft and religious freedoms -- US religiosity and the duty of civility -- Islam and the Universal Declaration -- Secularism defended -- The contribution of religion -- Human rights as an independent force in world affairs.
Summary: Discusses the role of religion in the collective response to the horrors of the Holocaust. It shows that the benign secularism of the UDHR was crafted with the cooperation of all of the world's major religions. The book also defends this liberal view against conservative and literalist religious forces in the United States and in Muslim majority countries.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Humanidades (4to. Piso) K3241 M886 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000132505

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-386) and index.

Independent access to moral basics -- Statecraft and religious freedoms -- US religiosity and the duty of civility -- Islam and the Universal Declaration -- Secularism defended -- The contribution of religion -- Human rights as an independent force in world affairs.

Discusses the role of religion in the collective response to the horrors of the Holocaust. It shows that the benign secularism of the UDHR was crafted with the cooperation of all of the world's major religions. The book also defends this liberal view against conservative and literalist religious forces in the United States and in Muslim majority countries.

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