William H. Brackney, PhD, is Millard R. Cherry Distinguished Professor of Christian Thought and Ethics at Acadia Divinity College and the faculty of theology at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. His published works include more than 30 titles, among them, Human Rights and the World's Major Religions, Studying Christianity, and most recently, Historical Dictionary of Radical Christianity.

• ForewordIntroductionChronologyPART I: THE JEWISH TRADITIONONE: "Judaism" and Human Rights in the Greco-Roman WorldTWO: Human Rights in the Medieval HalachahTHREE: Human Rights in Practice: The Liberal Jewish Tradition in North AmericaPART II: THE CHRISTIAN TRADITIONFOUR: Christian Theological Foundations of Human RightsFIVE: Religious Liberty: The Cornerstone of Human RightsSIX: Christian Responses to the United Nations DeclarationsPART III: THE ISLAMIC TRADITIONSEVEN: The Worldview of IslamEIGHT: Decline, Colonial Domination, and the Quest for Revival and ReconstructionNINE: Islam, Democracy, and Human RightsPART IV: THE HINDU TRADITIONTEN: Are There Human Rights in Hinduism?ELEVEN: Dharma (Duty) and Human RightsTWELVE: Individual and Collective RightsTHIRTEEN: Untouchables and Human RightsPART V: THE BUDDHIST TRADITIONFOURTEEN: Are There Human Rights in Buddhism?FIFTEEN: Human Rights as Skillful MeansSIXTEEN: State, Society, and the Buddhist OrderSEVENTEEN: Buddhism and CasteNotesSources Relating to Religious Traditions and Human RightsHuman Rights BibliographyIndex

[W]ell written and addressing the most essential questions about the intersection of human rights and religion, it is a good introduction to the world's major religions. . . . Recommended.

William H. Brackney, PhD, is Millard R. Cherry Distinguished Professor of Christian Thought and Ethics at Acadia Divinity College and the faculty of theology at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. His published works include more than 30 titles, among them, Human Rights and the World's Major Religions, Studying Christianity, and most recently, Historical Dictionary of Radical Christianity.

• ForewordIntroductionChronologyPART I: THE JEWISH TRADITIONONE: "Judaism" and Human Rights in the Greco-Roman WorldTWO: Human Rights in the Medieval HalachahTHREE: Human Rights in Practice: The Liberal Jewish Tradition in North AmericaPART II: THE CHRISTIAN TRADITIONFOUR: Christian Theological Foundations of Human RightsFIVE: Religious Liberty: The Cornerstone of Human RightsSIX: Christian Responses to the United Nations DeclarationsPART III: THE ISLAMIC TRADITIONSEVEN: The Worldview of IslamEIGHT: Decline, Colonial Domination, and the Quest for Revival and ReconstructionNINE: Islam, Democracy, and Human RightsPART IV: THE HINDU TRADITIONTEN: Are There Human Rights in Hinduism?ELEVEN: Dharma (Duty) and Human RightsTWELVE: Individual and Collective RightsTHIRTEEN: Untouchables and Human RightsPART V: THE BUDDHIST TRADITIONFOURTEEN: Are There Human Rights in Buddhism?FIFTEEN: Human Rights as Skillful MeansSIXTEEN: State, Society, and the Buddhist OrderSEVENTEEN: Buddhism and CasteNotesSources Relating to Religious Traditions and Human RightsHuman Rights BibliographyIndex

[W]ell written and addressing the most essential questions about the intersection of human rights and religion, it is a good introduction to the world's major religions. . . . Recommended.

William H. Brackney, PhD, is Millard R. Cherry Distinguished Professor of Christian Thought and Ethics at Acadia Divinity College and the faculty of theology at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. His published works include more than 30 titles, among them, Human Rights and the World's Major Religions, Studying Christianity, and most recently, Historical Dictionary of Radical Christianity.

• ForewordIntroductionChronologyPART I: THE JEWISH TRADITIONONE: "Judaism" and Human Rights in the Greco-Roman WorldTWO: Human Rights in the Medieval HalachahTHREE: Human Rights in Practice: The Liberal Jewish Tradition in North AmericaPART II: THE CHRISTIAN TRADITIONFOUR: Christian Theological Foundations of Human RightsFIVE: Religious Liberty: The Cornerstone of Human RightsSIX: Christian Responses to the United Nations DeclarationsPART III: THE ISLAMIC TRADITIONSEVEN: The Worldview of IslamEIGHT: Decline, Colonial Domination, and the Quest for Revival and ReconstructionNINE: Islam, Democracy, and Human RightsPART IV: THE HINDU TRADITIONTEN: Are There Human Rights in Hinduism?ELEVEN: Dharma (Duty) and Human RightsTWELVE: Individual and Collective RightsTHIRTEEN: Untouchables and Human RightsPART V: THE BUDDHIST TRADITIONFOURTEEN: Are There Human Rights in Buddhism?FIFTEEN: Human Rights as Skillful MeansSIXTEEN: State, Society, and the Buddhist OrderSEVENTEEN: Buddhism and CasteNotesSources Relating to Religious Traditions and Human RightsHuman Rights BibliographyIndex

[W]ell written and addressing the most essential questions about the intersection of human rights and religion, it is a good introduction to the world's major religions. . . . Recommended.