Religion and Rights: The Oxford Amnesty Lectures

Hardback

Main Details

Title Religion and Rights: The Oxford Amnesty Lectures
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Wes Williams
SeriesOxford Amnesty Lectures
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780719082542
ClassificationsDewey:201.723
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 September 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Rights were once thought to derive from the God-given nature of man. But today human rights and religion are sometimes in conflict. The universal claims made for rights can put them at odds with the revealed truths from which religions derive their authority. Many people's sense of human worth and dignity nevertheless depends on recognising the divine in each of us. Where rights and revelation diverge, how can the differences be negotiated? How should we measure individual claims to freedom against the demands of religious traditions? In this volume, eminent theologians and anthropologists set out the terms of religion's holds on its own truths, while historians, philosophers, and activists set out their vision for a society in which the competing truths must be accommodated not peacefully but without violence. Their respondents join the debate with fierce conviction, indicating their doubts and concerns in relation to the often compatible but sometimes competing claims of religion and rights. -- .

Author Biography

Wes Williams is University Lecturer in French at Oxford University and a Fellow of St Edmund Hall

Reviews

The Religion and rights anthology, edited by Wes Williams, is thus, first and foremost, a contribution to a growing literature on religion and human rights. ...thought-provoking set of essays on religion and rights. -- .