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
Main Author: Banchoff, Thomas F.
Other Authors: Wuthnow, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2011, 2011
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary: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
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199894123
0199894124