Human Rights and the Citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven
This article argues for a new Christian theological rationale for human rights that takes into account serious contemporary critiques of rights language. Human rights derive from our being made in the image of God. But rather than being static metaphysical properties which humanity possesses, they f...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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The ecumenical review
Year: 2019, Volume: 71, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 133-146 |
IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics NBD Doctrine of Creation NBE Anthropology NCD Political ethics |
Further subjects: | B
Image of God
B Rights B Language B Human Rights B Kingdom of Heaven |
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