Human Rights and Christian Missions in the Emerging Global Culture
The concept of human rights has evolved through three historical generations: liberty, equality, and now fraternity. Each generation of anthropologists, missionaries, and human rights advocates cultivated its own distinct mission and rhetoric. The current generation of a family of nations (fraternit...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
1996
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Missiology
Year: 1996, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-211 |
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Summary: | The concept of human rights has evolved through three historical generations: liberty, equality, and now fraternity. Each generation of anthropologists, missionaries, and human rights advocates cultivated its own distinct mission and rhetoric. The current generation of a family of nations (fraternity) emphasizes the concept of group rights, as exemplified by the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. For 50 years the Summer Institute of Linguistics has been laboring for the ethnic identity rights of indigenous peoples in language development and literacy. |
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ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182969602400205 |