Christ and Human Rights : The Transformative Engagement.

By: Newlands, GeorgeContributor(s): Davies, Professor Douglas J | Fenn, Professor Richard KMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective SerPublisher: Abingdon : Routledge, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780754682592Subject(s): Human rights -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christ and Human Rights : The Transformative EngagementDDC classification: 261.7 LOC classification: BT738.15 -- .N49 2006ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: The Centrality of Rights -- 2 Jesus Christ and the Hope of Rights -- 3 Rights, Cultures and Transcendence: Ambiguity and Tension -- 4 Human Rights, History and Christology -- 5 The Hermeneutics of Rights in the History of Interpretation -- 6 Christology in Human Rights Focus: Towards a Humane Christology -- 7 Christology in Relation to Global Human Rights Strategy -- 8 Rights Reconsidered: Building a Postfoundational Pathway -- 9 Christology for Human Rights -- 10 Making Rights Stick -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book constructs a Christology which centers on a Christ of the vulnerable and the margins. It explores the interface between religion, law, politics and violence, East and West, North and South. The history of the use of sacred texts as 'texts of terror' is examined, and theological links to legal and political dimensions explored. Criteria are developed for action to make an effective difference to human rights enforcement and resolution between cultures and religions on rights.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: The Centrality of Rights -- 2 Jesus Christ and the Hope of Rights -- 3 Rights, Cultures and Transcendence: Ambiguity and Tension -- 4 Human Rights, History and Christology -- 5 The Hermeneutics of Rights in the History of Interpretation -- 6 Christology in Human Rights Focus: Towards a Humane Christology -- 7 Christology in Relation to Global Human Rights Strategy -- 8 Rights Reconsidered: Building a Postfoundational Pathway -- 9 Christology for Human Rights -- 10 Making Rights Stick -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book constructs a Christology which centers on a Christ of the vulnerable and the margins. It explores the interface between religion, law, politics and violence, East and West, North and South. The history of the use of sacred texts as 'texts of terror' is examined, and theological links to legal and political dimensions explored. Criteria are developed for action to make an effective difference to human rights enforcement and resolution between cultures and religions on rights.

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