The blessings of liberty: human rights and religious freedom in the western legal tradition

Leading legal scholar John Witte, Jr. explores the role religion played in the development of rights in the Western legal tradition and traces the complex interplay between human rights and religious freedom norms in modern domestic and international law. He examines how US courts are moving towards...

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Main Author: Witte, John 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia New Delhi, India Singapore Cambridge University Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Reviews:[Rezension von: Witte, John, 1959-, The blessings of liberty] (2022) (Flanders, Chad)
[Rezension von: Witte, John, 1959-, The Blessings of Liberty: Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the Western Legal Tradition] (2022) (Drakeman, Donald L., 1953 -)
Series/Journal:Cambridge studies in law and Christianity
Law and Christianity
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Europäische Union / Human rights / Religious freedom / History
Further subjects:B Freedom Of Religion (European Union countries)
B Civil Rights Religious aspects Christianity
B Human Rights
B Freedom Of Religion History (United States)
B European Court of Human Rights
B Magna Carta Influence
B Christianity and law
B Christianity Influence
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Leading legal scholar John Witte, Jr. explores the role religion played in the development of rights in the Western legal tradition and traces the complex interplay between human rights and religious freedom norms in modern domestic and international law. He examines how US courts are moving towards greater religious freedom, while recent decisions of the pan-European courts in Strasbourg and Luxembourg have harmed new religious minorities and threatened old religious traditions in Europe. Witte argues that the robust promotion and protection of religious freedom is the best way to protect many other fundamental rights today, even though religious freedom and other fundamental rights sometimes clash and need judicious balancing. He also responds to various modern critics who see human rights as a betrayal of Christianity and religious freedom as a betrayal of human rights.
ISBN:1108652840
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781108652841