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“Reciprocal Illumination” of Hinduism, Human Rights, and the Comparative Study of Religion: Arvind Sharma’s Contributions
Arvind Sharma has made immensely significant contributions in the fields of both comparative religion and the study of Hinduism through his...
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African Traditional Religion, Social Justice, and Human Rights
The gap between the ancient and the modern world notwithstanding, the constituents of social justice and human rights are found in African past, and...
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Religion, Women’s Health Rights and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe
The introduction addresses some of the pertinent issues at the intersection of religion, culture, women’s sexual reproductive health and rights in...
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Religion, Women’s Health Rights and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe
This volume builds on Volume One of the same book title. In the introduction, we further address important themes at the intersection of religion,...
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The Ambivalent Relation Between Religion and Human Rights
Since 2012, theologians, religious- and legal scholars, sociologists, philosophers and political scientists have been working together in the...
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A Grounded Theory of Spiritual Leadership and Social Transformation : A Case Study of Peacebuilding and Human Rights Advocacy Interventions
This chapter addresses the conventional belief that Christian religious leaders are tasked with converting individuals into their “one true...
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The Ambivalent Impact of Religion on Human Rights Empirical Studies in Europe, Africa and Asia
This volume presents the most recent joint study of the research group Religion and Human Rights. This text is comprised of studies carried out in...
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Impact of Religion(s) on Youths’ Attitudes Towards Human Rights in Tanzania
This study is a summary of the research results on attitudes of youths in Tanzania towards Human rights. Selected concentration areas are right to...
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The Impact of Empathy and Religion on Human Rights Among Youth in Palestine
This paper looks primarily at the relationship of empathy with the attitudes of 892 Bethlehem area Muslim males and females between the ages of 13...
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A Liberal and Generous Toleration: John Adams and the Freedom for Religion
John Adams is an important figure in the study of church and state in the American context because he represents a thoughtful alternative the...
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Teaching About Religion, Peacebuilding and Development in Africa
If teaching about peacebuilding and development is taken as crucial in the academic field of Religious Studies at university level, this teaching...
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Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Rwanda
This chapter aims to provide a contextual analysis of Rwanda’s experience with the nexus of religion, conflict and peacebuilding in the context of...
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The Global State Church: The Political and Security Roles of Religion in Contemporary Education
The interface of religion and education is a new and significant aspect of international geopolitics, evidenced by key political policy documents...
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Religion, Peacebuilding and Development in Africa: Challenges
Religion has been presented as a critical resource in both discourses on peacebuilding and development. However, as conflicts increase worldwide, the...
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Human Rights and Muslims
Representatives of Muslim countries actively participated in the negotiations for and subsequent formulation of the Universal Declaration of Human...
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Religion, Climate Change, and Food Security in Africa
There is a growing realization that the earth is clearly warming at a worrying pace. Goal 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicates...
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The Interface of Human Rights and Ndau Women’s Maternal Healthcare Rites
Human rights and African indigenous beliefs and practices have not shared a wholesome relationship, especially when it comes to issues of women’s...
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The Impact of Religion on Human Rights in Italy. An Empirical Research Among Secondary School Students
This study aims to explore the impact of religion in building up a culture of human rights in today’s Italy. It firstly gives an overview of the main...
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Niebuhr’s Christian Realism on Religion, Politics, and Today’s Crises
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) was, next to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the most influential American Christian thinker of the twentieth century on...
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Religion and Politics in Mexican History
This contribution will describe the complex history of a Catholic nation that built a secular state in order to guarantee the sovereignty of the...