02818nam 2200589Ia 450 991077815300332120230721031600.01-281-18181-197866111818191-60258-080-4(CKB)1000000000475366(EBL)298836(OCoLC)191748453(SSID)ssj0000457971(PQKBManifestationID)11342510(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457971(PQKBWorkID)10420209(PQKB)10269288(MiAaPQ)EBC298836(Au-PeEL)EBL298836(CaPaEBR)ebr10191392(CaONFJC)MIL118181(EXLCZ)99100000000047536620070703d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ethics of human rights[electronic resource] contested doctrinal and moral issues /Esther D. ReedWaco, TX Baylor University Pressc20071 online resource (222 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-932792-97-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Ch. 1: The Question of Rights; Ch. 2: On the Relation between Divine Law and Human Law; Ch. 3: Revelation and Christ the Measure of ""Natural"" Rights; Ch. 4: Human Rights and a Tropological Reading of Genesis 9:1-17; Ch. 5: God's Command to ""Multiply"" and the Right to Reproduce; Ch. 6: Animal Rights and the Responsibilities of ""Dominion""; Ch. 7: War, Democracy, and the Retreat from Human Rights; Afterword; Notes; IndexIn The Ethics of Human Rights, Esther Reed constructs a Christian theology of "right," "rights" and "natural rights" and does so in constant awareness of and conversation with the public and political implications of such a theology. Reed's use of Genesis 9:1-17, God's covenant with Noah, enables her critical Christian engagement with issue of right and her application of this Christian theology of rights to the contemporary moral dilemmas of animal rights, the environment, and democracy.Civil rightsReligious aspectsChristianityHuman rightsReligious aspectsChristianityHuman rightsMoral and ethical aspectsCivil rightsReligious aspectsChristianity.Human rightsReligious aspectsChristianity.Human rightsMoral and ethical aspects.261.7Reed Esther D.1965-1566342MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778153003321The ethics of human rights3836779UNINA