Religion And Rights: The Oxford Amnesty Lectures (oxford Amnesty Lectures Mup)

In this authoritative book, a number of eminent and respected figures in the fields of theology, sociology, anthropology and political activism set out their vision for a society in which the competing truths must be accommodated not peacefully but without violence. -- . Rights Were Once Thought To Derive From The God-given Nature Of Man. But Today, Human Rights And Religion Are Sometimes In Conflict. The Universal Claims Made For Rights Can Put Them At Odds With The Revealed Truths From Which Religions Derive Their Authority. Many People{u2019}s Sense Of Human Worth And Dignity Nevertheless Depends On Recognizing The Divine In Each Of Us. Where Rights And Revelation Diverge, How Can The Differences Be Negotiated? How Should We Measure Individual Claims To Freedom Against The Demands Of Religious Traditions? In This Volume, Eminent Theologians And Anthropologists Set Out The Terms Of Religion{u2019}s Holds On Its Own Truths, While Historians, Philosophers, And Activists Set Out Their Vision For A Society In Which The Competing Truths Must Be Accommodated Not Peacefully But Without Violence. Their Respondents Join The Debate With Fierce Conviction, Indicating Their Doubts And Concerns In Relation To The Often Compatible But Sometimes Competing Claims Of Religion And Rights. -- Publisher's Description. Rights And Religion : Spaces For Argument And Agreement / Wendy James -- Race, Faith And Freedom In American And British History / Simon Schama -- Response To Simon Schama / Matthew Spooner -- Pentecost : Learning The Languages Of Peace / Stanley Hauerwas -- Response To Stanley Hauerwas / Pamela Sue Anderson -- Human Rights In The Roman Catholic Tradition / Charles E. Curran -- Response To Charles E. Curran / Nicholas Bamforth -- Worldviews And Universalisms : The Doctrine Of Religion In Islam And The Idea Of Rights In The West / Hisham A. Hellyer -- Response To Hisham A. Hellyer / Chris Miller -- Terror And Religion / Ronald Dworkin -- Response To Ronald Dworkin / John Tasioulas -- Can Human Rights Accommodate Pluralism? / Chantal Mouffe -- Response To Chantal Mouffe / Stuart White -- Symposium : Freedom Of Belief, Freedom From Belief. The Tolerance Policy : Way Out Or Compromise? / Asma Jahangir; Religion And Rights / A. C. Grayling; Freedom And Human Rights / John Pritchard; The Right To Believe / Andrew Brown; Out With Religion: A Novel Framing Of The Religion Debate / Emma Cohen. Edited By Wes Williams ; [contributors, Pamela Sue Anderson...et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 'Rights were once thought to derive from the God-given nature of man. But today human rights and religion are sometimes in conflict. The universal claims made for rights can put them at odds with the revealed truths from which religions derive their authority. Many people's sense of human worth and dignity nevertheless depends on recognising the divine in each of us. Where rights and revelation diverge, how can the differences be negotiated? How should we measure individual claims to freedom against the demands of religious traditions? In this volume, eminent theologians and anthropologists set out the terms of religion's holds on its own truths, while historians, philosophers, and activists set out their vision for a society in which the competing truths must be accommodated not peacefully but without violence. Their respondents join the debate with fierce conviction, indicating their doubts and concerns in relation to the often compatible but sometimes competing claims of religion and rights' --Back cover