Nazila Ghanea-Hercock Alan Stephens Raphael Walden
Where can religions find sources of legitimacy for human rights? How do, and how should, religious leaders and communities respond to human rights as defined in modern International Law? When religious precepts contradict human rights standards - for example in relation to freedom of expression or in relation to punishments - which should trump the other, and why? Can human rights and religious teachings be interpreted in a manner which brings reconciliation closer? Do the modern concept and system of human rights undermine the very vision of society that religions aim to impart? Is a...
Where can religions find sources of legitimacy for human rights? How do, and how should, religious leaders and communities respond to human rights as ...