Religion and Civil Human Rights in Empirical Perspective
This volume offers an empirical perspective on the so-called first generation of human rights. It explores the legitimization of these human rights by individual people, both because of their religion and because of their vision of what constitutes human
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Hans-Georg Ziebertz Carl Sterkens Editors
Religion and Civil Human Rights in Empirical Perspective
Religion and Human Rights Volume 2
Series editors Hans-Georg Ziebertz, University of Würzburg, Germany Carl Sterkens, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Roger Finke, Penn State University, USA
This series investigates how religion can both challenge and contribute to a vibrant human rights culture in different national contexts, as well as in cross-national contexts. It offers empirical and theoretical perspectives on the different generations of human rights, and generates new knowledge on the connection between religion and human rights. All religions claim that their ethical aspirations and moral duties contribute to the well-being and welfare of individual human beings, groups, and communities. This applies particularly to the golden rule which plays an important role in the ethical groundwork of all religious traditions, and which is also foundational for human rights. However, to what extent is this universal principle actually observed within and between different religions, within and between nations, and within the secular world? To what extent (if at all) do religions contribute to the realisation of human rights or to the prevention of violations of human rights? This series addresses these questions by means of an empirical and comparative approach. Each volume focuses on specific human rights. This second volume offers an empirical perspective on the first generation of civil human rights. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15597
Hans-Georg Ziebertz • Carl Sterkens Editors
Religion and Civil Human Rights in Empirical Perspective
Editors Hans-Georg Ziebertz Faculty of Theology University of Würzburg Würzburg, Germany
Carl Sterkens Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
ISSN 2510-4306 ISSN 2510-4314 (electronic) Religion and Human Rights ISBN 978-3-319-59284-8 ISBN 978-3-319-59285-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-59285-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017954352 © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate a
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