Rights, religion, and reform enhancing human dignity through spiritual and moral transformation
This book discusses issues concerning human rights and religion. Is a more integrated approach to human rights desirable - an approach that transcends the individual-centred orientation of civil and political liberties of the dominant centres of power in the West? How can religious thought contribut...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
RoutledgeCurzon
2002.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40520936*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; From Human Rights to Human Dignity; 1 An integrated approach to human rights; 2 Development and democracy in Asia; 3 Transforming rights: five challenges for the Asia-Pacific; 4 Judging Asia: assessing human rights conditionality; 5 UN High Commissioner for human rights; 6 Rethinking human rights: a philosophical debate; The Essence of Religion; 7 A spiritual vision of the human being; 8 A worldview for environmental salvation; 9 The Soviet Union and the denial of God.
- 10 Religious conflict in Asia11 Religiosity on the rampage; spirituality in slumber; 12 Islam: justice and politics; 13 Judiciary and justice; 14 Islamic movements and social change; 15 Islamisation of state and society; 16 Reflections on the Shariah; 17 Hudud: central to Islam?; 18 Iqbal and the challenge of reform; The Challenge of Reform; 19 The welfare state: the quest for an alternative; 20 The economic crisis; 21 Establishing a fully moral and ethical society; 22 Civil society in Malaysia; 23 Accommodation and acceptance of non-Muslim communities.
- 24 Islam and Confucianism: ethnic relations in Malaysia25 Conclusion: the remembrance of God; Index.
