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THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CHALLENGE OF RELIGION
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| By: |
Johannes Morsink |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£77.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0826220843 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780826220844 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 May, 2017 |
| Pages: |
386 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
Horrified by the carnage and devastation of World War II, in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Because of its secular orientation, the UDHR has faced challenges from the world's religions, both when it was crafted and in subsequent political and legal struggles.Nevertheless, the morality of human rights is no longer controlled by the forces of either statecraft or religion. It is an independent moral voice in world afairs. Part one of this book 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. Part two defends this liberal view against conservative and literalist religious forces in the United States and in Muslim majority countries. The final part of the book explores the suggestion of the UDHR's drafters that our consciences and reasoning powers give us independent access into the domain of inherent human rights. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Missouri Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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