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Christianity and
Human Rights
Christianity and
Human Rights
Christians and the Struggle
for Global Justice
Edited by
Frederick M. Shepherd
LEXINGTON BOOKS
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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Christianity and human rights : Christians and the struggle for global justice / edited by
Frederick M. Shepherd.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7391-2472-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7391-4009-3 (electronic)
1. Human rights—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Shepherd, Frederick M., 1963–
BT738.15.C4753 2009
261.7—dc22
2009015270
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Printed in the United States of America
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Political and Theological Evolution of
Christianity and Human Rights
Frederick M. Shepherd
PART I PAST SINS, FUTURE PROMISE: OVERVIEWS OF
CHRISTIANITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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2
Deliver Us from Evil: Genocide and the Christian World
James E. Waller
A Dickensian Era of Religious Rights
John Witte, Jr.
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ix
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PART II RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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Religious Freedom: A Challenge for the Church
Johannes A. van der Ven
The Enduring Alliance of Religious Freedom and Democracy
Joseph Loconte
Religious Freedom and International Law
Robert F. Drinan
Democracy and Human Dignity
Jean Bethke Elshtain
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47
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