THE RIGHT TO RELIGION
In the so-called ‘post-secular’ age of today, religions have come back to be determinant. This is not always a blessing, for today a possible global disaster due to religious conflicts keeps looming behind global relationships. In such a situation, modern human rights are in a strategic position to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 2006, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 129-141 |
| Further subjects: | B
Human right
B Religion B Religious Roots B Resurgence |
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| Summary: | In the so-called ‘post-secular’ age of today, religions have come back to be determinant. This is not always a blessing, for today a possible global disaster due to religious conflicts keeps looming behind global relationships. In such a situation, modern human rights are in a strategic position to serve as a middle path or a meeting point among different religious interests. Nevertheless, while in the past religious traditions have helped to give birth to the human rights system, today the relationship between the former and the latter is much more complicated. On the one hand, the exercise of religion may well be subject to the evaluation of the human rights, but on the other, human rights need to be reformed in the light of various religious traditions. This essay will explore the complexity of the problem while taking as the basic assumption the belief that religion is not concerned simply with the relationship with God, but also, and above all, with the development of human ideals, with the growth of humanity in general. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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