Religion and human rights : global challenges from intercultural perspectives /

Religion and human rights : global challenges from intercultural perspectives / edited by Wilhelm Gräb and Lars Charbonnier. - vi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human rights and globaliztion / The sacredness of the person / The "universal declaration of human rights" : a confessional basis of a universal religion? / Limits of the culturally relative view of human rights / Human dignity and human rights / Homo aestheticus within the framework of inhabitational theology : an anthropological perspective on identity and dignity within the human rights discourse / Human dignity, human rights and socio-economic exclusion? / "Whose law?" : South African struggles with notions of justice / The role of the church in human rights in a democratice South Africa / HIV and AIDS as a human rights challenge to faith communities in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa / The role of the Eucharist in human dignity : a South Africa story / Lars Charbonnier and Wilhelm Gräb -- Wolfgang Huber -- Hans Joas -- Wilhelm Gräb -- Sarhan Dhouib -- Johannes Fischer -- Daniel Louw -- Nico Koopman -- Dirkie Smit -- Simanga Kumalo -- Beatrice Okyere-Manu -- Johan Cilliers. Introduction /

9783110348118 (hardcover : alk. paper) 311034811X (hardcover : alk. paper)

2015001473


Human rights--Religious aspects.
Globalization.
Human rights--South Africa.
Globalization.
Human rights.
Human rights--Religious aspects.
Religion.
Menschenrecht.


South Africa.

BL65 / REL 2015

 

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