Religion and Human Rights, (4 Volume Set)

Hardly a week goes by without some world event relating to the burgeoning field of religion and human rights. Whether attacks carried out in the name of religion by individuals or states, violations of the rights of individuals or communities due to their religious or other beliefs, or clashes between religious and other competing rights (most notably, freedom of speech), matters relating to religion and human rights are not only an area of expert and academic interest, but also of increasing interest to policy-makers, governments, international organizations, and NGOs.

This new four-volume Major Work collection from Routledge examines the background, history, and nature of human rights - both individual and collective - as well as economic, social, and cultural rights; and also civil and political rights. Standards, mechanisms, and jurisprudence at international and national levels are included, and form part of the discussion of the conflict of rights and freedom of religion or belief. Religions featured include Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and African religions, and the persecution or discrimination of religious or belief communities are discussed. Relevant human rights documents are also included.

The range of subject areas that contribute to discussions on religion and human rights are many, and include: political science; law; international relations; anthropology; philosophy; religious studies; sociology of religion; and theology. Students, scholars, teachers, and practitioners from these and other disciplines will welcome this collection as a vital one-stop compendium of the very best canonical and cutting-edge research.

Volume I : Why Protect Freedom of Religion or Belief?

Chapter 1 : A Letter Concerning Toleration
Chapter 2 : Religion and Lockean Natural Rights, Religious Diversity and Human Rights
Chapter 3 : Human Rights and the World’s Religions: Christianity, Islam, and Religious Liberty, Religious Diversity and Human Rights
Chapter 4 : Religion and Human Rights: A Theological Apologetic, Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective, Religious Perspectives
Chapter 5 : Faith in Human Rights, Human Rights in Faith, The Challenge of Religious Discrimination at the Dawn of the New Millennium
Chapter 6 : Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights, Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Chapter 7 : Dignity, Community, and Human Rights, Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Chapter 8 : Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Individual Liberalism Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Chapter 9 : Faith as a Secular Value : McGill Law Journal
Chapter 10 : Why Freedom of Religion Does not Include Freedom From Religion : Law and Philosophy
Chapter 11 : Toward Particular Declarations of Human Gifts: A Christian Reflection on Religions, Stories, and Untold Suffering : Religion and Human Rights
Chapter 12 : "Human Rights", Religion and the Secular: Variant Configurations of Religion(s), State(s) and Society(ies) : Religion and Human Rights

Volume II : Is Freedom of Religion or Belief an Individual or Collective Human Right?

Part 1 : Group, Collective, and Corporate Rights
Chapter 13 : Human Rights, Group Rights, and Peoples’ Rights : Human Rights Quarterly
Chapter 14 : Toleration and its Limits : Multicultural Citizenship
Chapter 15 : Human Rights and the Rights of Groups : American Journal of Political Science
Chapter 16 : Minority Cultures and the Cosmopolitan Alternative, The Rights of Minority Cultures
Chapter 17 : Internal Minorities and their Rights, The Rights of Minority Cultures
Chapter 18 : Individuals, Collectivities and Rights, Minorities, Peoples and Self-Determination

Part 2 : Models for Protection of Religion or Belief
Chapter 19 : A Draft Model Law on Freedom of Religion, With Commentary, Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective, Legal Perspectives
Chapter 20 : Liberty of Conscience: The Attack on Equal Respect : Journal of Human Development
Chapter 21 : Religious Freedom in the Liberal State : Religious Freedom in the Liberal State

Part 3 : Minority Rights
Chapter 22 : Religious or Minority? Examining the Realisation of International Standards in Relation to Religious Minorities in the Middle East : Religion, State and Society
Chapter 23 : Religious Rights for Minorities in a Policy of Recognition : Religion and Human Rights
Chapter 24 : Religious Minorities Under Islamic Law and the Limits of Cultural Relativism : Human Rights Quarterly

Part 4 : Refugee Rights
Chapter 25 : Claims for Protection Based on Religion or Belief : International Journal of Refugee Law
Chapter 26 : Religion and Persecution: Should the United States Provide Refuge to German Scientologists? : International Journal of Refugee Law
Chapter 27 : Religious Persecution: A Viable Basis for Seeking Refugee Status in the United States? : Brigham Young University Law Review

Volume III : Conflict of Rights and Freedom of Religion or Belief

Part 5 : General: On Conflict of Rights with Freedom of Religion or Belief
Chapter 28 : Of Prophets and Proselytes: Freedom of Religion and the Conflict of Rights in International Law : Harvard International Law Journal
Chapter 29 : Law, Religion and Gender Equality : The Ecclesiastical Law Society

Part 6 : Freedom of Expression
Chapter 30 : Hegel, Human Rights and Particularism : Journal of Law and Society
Chapter 31 : Freedom of Expression and Advocacy of Group Hatred that Constitutes Incitement to Hate Crimes and Religious Hatred', Conference room paper No : 6, Expert Seminar on the Links between Articles 19 and 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Chapter 32 : Forms of Hate Speech and the Convention of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) : Conference room paper No : 9, Expert Seminar on the Links between Articles 19 and 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Part 7 : Women’s Rights
Chapter 33 : Group Identity and Women’s Rights in Family Law: The Perils of Multicultural Accommodation : The Journal of Political Philosophy
Chapter 34 : Feminism, Multiculturalism, Oppression, and the State
Chapter 35 : Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women, Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women
Chapter 36 : Feminism versus Multiculturalism : Columbia Law Review
Chapter 37 : Judges and Religious Questions: Adjudicating Claims to Wear Religious Dress in Public Schools : Religion and Human Rights

Part 8 : Child Rights
Chapter 38 : Parental Rights and the Religious Upbringing of Children : Journal of Philosophy of Education
Chapter 39 : The Right of the Child to Religious Freedom in International Law

Volume IV : International Standards, Persecution and Ways Forward

Part 9 : International Standards and Mechanisms Regarding Freedom of Religion or Belief
Chapter 40 : Study of Discrimination in the Matter of Religious Rights and Practices
Chapter 41 : The United Nations and Freedom of Religion : International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Chapter 42 : The Complexity of Religion and the Definition of "Religion" in International Law : Harvard Human Rights Law Journal
Chapter 43 : Advancing the Freedom of Religion or Belief Through the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Religious Intolerance and Discrimination : American Journal of International Law
Chapter 44 : The Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief: Institutional, Procedural and Substantive Legal Issues : Religion and Human Rights

Part 10 : Persecution and Discrimination
Chapter 45 : Discrimination as Injustice : Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
Chapter 46 : Apostasy and Freedom to Change Religion or Belief, Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Deskbook
Chapter 47 : Why the Hindu Caste System Presents a New Challenge for Human Rights, Religion, Human Rights and International Law
Chapter 48 : Terms of Analysis and Problems of Definition : Religious Minorities, Nation States and Security: Five Cases from the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean
Chapter 49 : Religion, Secularisation and Politics: A Postmodern Conspectus : Third World Quarterly
Chapter 50 : A Human Rights Framework for Defining and Understanding Intra-Religious Persecution in Muslim Countries, The Challenge of Religious Discrimination at the Dawn of the New Millennium
Chapter 51 : Conclusion : International Human Rights and Islamic Law

Part 11 : Equality, Differential Treatment, Special Rights, Positive Duties, and Freedom of Religion or Belief
Chapter 52 : The Legal Obligations of State and Non-State Actors in Respect of the Protection of Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion or Belief : Religion and Human Rights
Chapter 53 : Piercing the Veil : Yale Law Journal

Part 12 : Ways Forward
Chapter 54 : The Death Penalty, Mercy and Islam: A Call for Retrospection, A Call for Reckoning: Religion and the Death Penalty
Chapter 55 : Advances and Obstacles in Building Understanding and Respect between People of Diverse Religions and Beliefs : Human Rights Quarterly