Religious Ngos in International Relations: The Construction of 'The Religious' and 'The Secular'

ISBN-13: 9781138577459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 218 str.

Austria) Karsten (KAICIID Lehmann

Opis

Focusing on the construction of the human rights discourse inside two religiously affiliated organizations, (The Commissions of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) and Pax Romana (IMCS / ICMICA)) this book documents the initial encounters between these organizations and the UN.

Spis treści

1. Looking into the black Box of religiously affiliated Organizations  2. Resurgence Debates, revisited  3. Methodical and methodological Layout of the Analyses  4. Religions and human Rights in the Context of the UN  5. Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA)  6. Pax Romana (ICMICA / IMCS)  7. Worldwide Trend towards Activism  8. A Re-Evaluation of the Resurgence Debates

O autorze

Karsten Lehmann is a scholar of the Academic Study of Religions as well as Sociology of Religions. He currently works as Head of Social Sciences and Statistics at the International Centre for Interreligous and Intercultural Dialogue in Vienna, Austria.