Frances S. Adeney is William A. Benfield Jr. Professor of Mission at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the author of Christian Women in Indonesia: A Narrative Study of Gender and Religion. Arvind Sharma is Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Sleep as a State of Consciousness in Advaita Vedanta and Religious Studies and Comparative Methodology: The Case for Reciprocal Illumination, both also published by SUNY Press.

• Preface1. Introduction: Dialogue with ContributorsArvind SharmaPart I. Christian Influences on Human Rights 2. Human Rights and Responsibilities: Christian PerspectivesFrances S. Adeney 3. The Sources of Human Rights Ideas: A Christian PerspectiveMax L. Stackhouse 4. Theology, Tolerance, and Two Declarations of Human Rights: An Interrogative ComparisonSumner B. Twiss 5. Religion and Human Rights: A Personal TestamentDavid Little 6. Inter-Religious Dialogue and Human Rights: Christian ContributionsTerry MuckPart II. Christian Perspectives on Human Rights Issues 7. The End of Man: Human Rights, Christian Theology, and the Rights of Human PersonsStephen G. Ray Jr. 8. Persons, Politics, and a Catholic Understanding of Human RightsJean Bethke Elshtain 9. Human Rights and Asian ValuesKam Weng Ng 10. Changing One’s Religion: A Supported Right? Margaret O. Thomas 11. Human Rights and Nonviolence: Testament of a Christian Peace ActivistJohn Dear 12. Christian Views in Dialogue with the UDHRWRArvind Sharma and Frances S. Adeney Appendix 1: UDHRWR: Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World’s Religions, McGill University 1999  (Revised Edition, 2003)Appendix 2: Christian Theological Sources for Human Rights in Relation to the UDHR and the UDHRWRContributorsIndex

"Adeney and Sharma's anthology makes for easy, though provocative, reading. The material is well-organized and well-researched. The intent of the writing is clear and straightforward that the book is not political in terms of favoring one religion over another. All points of view of different historical, philosophical, political, and religious influences on human rights are given equal weight." — Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies"This book discusses the question of Christianity and human rights in a coherent and sophisticated fashion. It is a vital work with a range of perspectives that elevate the quality of discussion." — Curt Cadorette, coeditor of Liberation Theology: An Introductory Reader