Law, Religion, and Human Rights: A Historical Protestant Perspective
The author discusses the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation as a human rights movement. The Reformation not only laid the groundwork for religious human rights but also created the platform for the more expansive conceptions of individual liberty that shaped the political development of the We...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1998
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1998, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-262 |
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| Summary: | The author discusses the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation as a human rights movement. The Reformation not only laid the groundwork for religious human rights but also created the platform for the more expansive conceptions of individual liberty that shaped the political development of the West. The continuing importance of the churches in the human rights movement is affirmed. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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