Religion and the global politics of human rights /

Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures? Is democracy a necessary condition for the achievement of human rights in practice? This book surveys the religious politics of human rights across the world's major regions, political systems, and faith traditions.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Banchoff, Thomas F., 1964-, Wuthnow, Robert
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:	Human rights > Religious aspects. Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Aspect religieux. RELIGION > Religion, Politics & State. Human rights > Religious aspects Politics and Government. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Thomas Banchoff and Robert Wuthnow
International human rights regime / Thomas Banchoff
Human rights and democracy in Islam: the Indonesian case in global perspective / Robert W. Hefner
Muslims, human rights, and women's rights / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
Religious pluralism, democracy, and human rights in Latin America / Paul Freston
Gender justice and religion in sub-Saharan Africa / Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf
Buddhism, human rights, and non-Buddhist minorities / Charles Keyes
HInduism and the politics of rights in India / Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Religion, state power, and human rights in China / David Ownby
Religious communities and rights in the Russian Federation / Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer
Human rights, the Catholic Church, and the death penalty in the United States / Thomas Banchoff.