Human Rights and the Impact of Religion (Empirical Research in Religion and Human Rights)

This volume is about the positive, ambivalent, null and negative effects in various historical periods by various religious denominations within Christianity, Islam and Hinduism on the attitudes towards human rights of the first, second and third generation. Between Sanctity And Depravity: Human Dignity And Human Rights In Classical Lutheran Perspective ; Rights, Resistance, And Revolution In The Western Tradition: Early Protestant Foundations / John Witte -- Human Rights In The History Of The Roman Catholic Church / Rik Torfs -- (in)compatibility Of Religion And Human Rights: The Case Of Islam / Ruud Peters -- Religion, Personality And Human Rights: An Empirical Study Among Adolescents In England And Wales Distinguishing Between Religious Identity And Textual Authority Among Christians And Muslims / Leslie J. Francis And Mandy Robbins -- Religion And Attitudes Towards Euthanasia And Abortion : An Empirical Study Among Young Christians And Muslims In Germany / Hans-georg Ziebertz And Marion Reindl -- Attitudes Towards Human Rights And Religiosity: A Case Of Turkish Adolescents / Üzeyir Ok And Selim Eren -- Towards A Legitimate Role Of Religion In The Domain Of Socioeconomic Rights: An Empirical Study Among Adolescents In North West European Countries / Johannes A. Van Der Ven -- Public Significance Of Religion With Regard To Socioeconomic Rights In The Multireligious Context Of Tamil Nadu, India / Francis-vincent Anthony -- Religion And Attitudes Towards Socioeconomic Human Rights: An Empirical Study Of Young Adults In Norway / Pål Ketil Botvar. Edited By Johannes A. Van Der Ven, Hans-georg Ziebertz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Human Rights and the Impact of Religion 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Introduction 8 Between Sanctity and Depravity: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Classical Lutheran Perspective 16 Rights, Resistance, and Revolution in the Western Tradition: Early Protestant Foundations 32 Human Rights in the History of the Roman Catholic Church 62 (In)compatibility of Religion and Human Rights: The Case of Islam 82 Religion, Personality and Human Rights: An Empirical Study among Adolescents in England and Wales Distinguishing between Religious Identity and Textual Authority among Christians and Muslims 104 Religion and Attitudes towards Euthanasia and Abortion An Empirical Study among Young Christians and Muslims in Germany 126 Attitudes towards Human Rights and Religiosity: A Case of Turkish Adolescents 152 Towards a Legitimate Role of Religion in the Domain of Socioeconomic Rights: An Empirical Study among Adolescents in North West European countries 174 Public Significance of Religion with regard to Socioeconomic Rights in the Multireligious Context of Tamil Nadu, India 212 Religion and Attitudes towards Socioeconomic Human Rights An Empirical Study of Young Adults in Norway 252 List of Contributors 272 Index 276 This volume is about the impact of religion (beliefs and practices) on attitudes towards human rights of the first, second and third generation. The first four papers about the impact of Lutheranism, Calvinism, Catholicism and Islam are historical and theoretical of character. The six other papers are based on empirical research in England and Wales, Germany, Turkey, India, Norway and on comparative empirical research in six North-West European countries. From both groups of articles it appears that ¿́¿the¿́¿ impact of religion does not exist. In varying historical periods and contexts various religions, c.q. religious denominations, have various effects on attitudes towards human rights, id est positive effects (+), ambivalent effects (℗ł), no effects (0), and negative effects (́¿). Contributors include: Francis-Vincent Anthony, Pal Ketil Botvar, Selim Eren, Leslie Francis, U¿zejir Ok, Ruud Peters, Marion Reindl, Mandy Robbins, Rik Torfs, Johannes (Hans) van der Ven, John Witte Jr., Hans-Georg Ziebertz This volume is about the impact of religion (beliefs and practices) on attitudes towards human rights of the first, second and third generation. The first four papers about the impact of Lutheranism, Calvinism, Catholicism and Islam are historical and theoretical of character. The six other papers are based on empirical research in England and Wales, Germany, Turkey, India, Norway and on comparative empirical research in six North-West European countries. From both groups of articles it appears that 'the' impact of religion does not exist. In varying historical periods and contexts various religions, c.q. religious denominations, have various effects on attitudes towards human rights, id est positive effects (+), ambivalent effects (±), no effects (0), and negative effects (−). Contributors include: Francis-Vincent Anthony, Pal Ketil Botvar, Selim Eren, Leslie Francis, Üzejir Ok, Ruud Peters, Marion Reindl, Mandy Robbins, Rik Torfs, Johannes (Hans) van der Ven, John Witte Jr., Hans-Georg Ziebertz Go to Online Edition Edited by Johannes A. van der Ven, Radboud University Nijmegen, and Hans-Georg Ziebertz, University of Würzburg This volume is about the impact of religion (beliefs and practices) on attitudes towards human rights of the first, second and third generation. The first four papers about the impact of Lutheranism, Calvinism, Catholicism and Islam are historical and theoretical of character. The six other papers are based on empirical research in England and Wales, Germany, Turkey, India, Norway and on comparative empirical research in six North-West European countries. From both groups of articles it appears that 'the' impact of religion does not exist. In varying historical periods and contexts various religions, c.q. religious denominations, have various effects on attitudes towards human rights, i.e. positive effects (+), ambivalent effects ("), no effects (0), and negative effects ( - )