The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable. While most of the world's religions have supported violence; repression; and prejudice; each has also played a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal human rights. Most importantly; religions provide the essential sources and scales of dignity and responsibility; shame and respect; restraint and regret; restitution and reconciliation that a human rights regime needs to survive and flourish in any culture.With contributions by a score of leading experts; Religion and Human Rights provides authoritative and accessible assessments of the contributions of Judaism; Christianity; Islam; Hinduism; Confucianism; Buddhism; and Indigenous religions to the development of the ideas and institutions of human rights. It also probes the major human rights issues that confront religious individuals and communities around the world today; and the main challenges that the world's religions will pose to the human rights regime in the future.
#625907 in Books Oxford University Press; USA 2013-02-07Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 6.00 x 2.20 x 9.10l; 3.30 #File Name: 01996517441031 pages
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Required reading.By BangkhenIf you value your freedom; your families freedom and future generations to carry your name; it's a must read to learn of millions of others who desired the same future and dreams but those dreams shattered and never lived because of the idea of ethnic cleansing by madmen. If you ignore the tragedies of previous lives you cannot prepare and protect today and tomorrow the future of you and your children. Reading only one book or only one author is not the answer. Read as many different ones as you can. I'm not highly educated and I apologize for any written mistakes; only writing what is from my heart and my love and respect for all human beings.4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Decent ReadBy Andy RothA decent read. It is well researched and lays out the facts of Himmler's life without trying to explain the unexplainable; e.g.; how a relatively normal upbringing of a man of completely average qualities could result in the leader of the largest mass murder regime in the history of the planet. Since there is really nothing in his background that connects those dots I found the amount of detail about his personal life and upbringing somewhat difficult to get through.Instead; I would have preferred more detail about the political power struggles in the Third Reich. After Hitler; there was a constant ebb and flow of power in different spheres of influence. Personality clashes between Himmler; Goring; Goebbels; Speer; Bormann and even Himmler's subordinate Heydrich I have always found fascinating. While the author touches on these matters; I found the detail lacking. The author seems to completely dismiss any friction between Himmler and Heydrich which I'm not sure is accurate.Lastly; and I thought somewhat strangely; the author makes the claim that Gestapo chief Heinrich Muller survived the fall of Berlin and was with Himmler into early May of 1945. However; he provides no footnote/source for that claim. The fate of Muller has been a matter of speculation and conspiracy theories for decades. As recently as 2013 a report came out that Muller was allegedly buried in Berlin; but no definitive DNA proof as in the case of Bormann. For the author to just throw out as fact that Muller survived the fall of Berlin and was with Himmler with no sourcing I found more than a bit strange.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Informative biography on one of history's greatest villains.By Raymond T. BadgettVery informative biography on one of history's greatest villains. Provides clear examples which clearly show how many of the Nazi Government's major social programs were poorly managed and led. Shows Himmler's high level of enthusiasm and level of effort in regards to the elimination of what the Nazis considered to be "inferior races".
