Religion and Human Rights

Much has been written about the issue of religious freedom and church-state relations. The contributors to this book however take up another side of the question: what has been the impact of religion on human rights. Representatives from various religious traditions address a broad range of topics from environmental rights to the basic validation of human rights to the rights of women in India and Iran and within Orthodox Judaism to the global imposition of criminal justice to pressures for democratization within the Catholic Church in Latin America. The six major essays along with their accompanying replies answer questions and raise issues in a provocative and compelling debate.