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

By:

Morsink, Johannes [author.]

Material type: Text

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

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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