Christian human rights

by Moyn, Samuel

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Title Statements

Full title :Christian human rights / Samuel Moyn.

Summary

"In Christian Human Rights, Samuel Moyn asserts that the rise of human rights after World War II was prefigured and inspired by a defense of the dignity of the human person that first arose in Christian churches and religious thought in the years just prior to the outbreak of the war ... By focusing on the 1930s and 1940s, Moyn demonstrates how the language of human rights was separated from the secular heritage of the French Revolution and put to use by postwar democracies governed by Christian parties, which reinvented them to impose moral constraints on individuals, support conservative family structures, and preserve existing social hierarchies. The book ends with a provocative chapter that traces contemporary European struggles to assimilate Muslim immigrants to the continent's legacy of Christian human rights"--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Pennsylvania Press
Place of Publication:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 248 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:081224818X, 9780812248180
oclc:ocn910773084
LC Classification:JC571
Dewey Decimal:323

Subjects

1945- Christentum Christianisme et politique Christianity Christianity and politics Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Europa Europe Europe -- Politics and government -- 19… Europe -- Politique et gouvernement -- … Human rights Kristendom och politik Mänskliga rättigheter Menschenrecht Politics and government RELIGION Since 1945 Würde