The Blessings of Liberty : Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal Tradition
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Law and Christianity
ISBN-10
1108453260
ISBN-13
9781108453264
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 4th, 2021
Print length
300 Pages
Weight
484 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 23.00 x 2.40 cms
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This book traces the religious sources and dimensions of human rights and the complex interaction of human rights and religious freedom norms historically and today. It also answers various modern critics who see human rights as a betrayal of Christianity and religious freedom as a betrayal of human rights.
Leading legal scholar John Witte, Jr. explores the role religion played in the development of rights in the Western legal tradition and traces the complex interplay between human rights and religious freedom norms in modern domestic and international law. He examines how US courts are moving towards greater religious freedom, while recent decisions of the pan-European courts in Strasbourg and Luxembourg have harmed new religious minorities and threatened old religious traditions in Europe. Witte argues that the robust promotion and protection of religious freedom is the best way to protect many other fundamental rights today, even though religious freedom and other fundamental rights sometimes clash and need judicious balancing. He also responds to various modern critics who see human rights as a betrayal of Christianity and religious freedom as a betrayal of human rights.
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