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Religion and Civil Human Rights in Empirical Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Hans-Georg Ziebertz

    1. Faculty of Theology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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  2. Carl Sterkens

    1. Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  • Focuses on the ambiguous relationship between religion and the first generation of human rights
  • Is a challenging example of the benefits of adopting an international and multidisciplinary approach
  • Offers a broad-ranging description of youths’ attitudes towards civil human rights

Part of the book series: Religion and Human Rights (REHU, volume 2)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Religious and Humanist Perspectives on Human Rights

    • Raymond J. Webb
    Pages 1-16

  3. Predictors of Attitudes Towards Human Dignity: An Empirical Analysis Among Youth in Germany

    • Hans-Georg Ziebertz, Susanne Döhnert, Alexander Unser
    Pages 17-60

  4. Understanding Human Dignity. Theoretical Groundings and Empirical Findings Among the Youth in Belarus

    • Olga Breskaya, Susanne Döhnert
    Pages 61-89

  5. Religion and Civil Rights in Italy: An Empirical Exploration Among Secondary School Students

    • Francesco Zaccaria, Francis-Vincent Anthony, Carl Sterkens
    Pages 91-119

  6. The Role of Religion in Society, and Its Relation to the Attitudes Towards Human Rights in Chile

    • Joaquín Silva, Jorge Manzi
    Pages 121-139

  7. Social Capital and Religion in the Public Sphere: Attitudes to Visible Forms of Religion Among Norwegian High-School Students

    • Pål Ketil Botvar
    Pages 141-156

  8. Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Religious Clothing and Symbols in School: Exploring the Impact of Church Schools in a Religiously Diverse Society

    • Leslie J. Francis, Andrew Village, Ursula McKenna, Gemma Penny
    Pages 157-175

  9. Attitudes Towards Freedom of Religion Among Nigerian Students

    • Modestus Adimekwe, Hans-Georg Ziebertz
    Pages 177-214

  10. Advancing Civil Human Rights Culture in Tanzania

    • Clement Fumbo, Carl Sterkens
    Pages 215-229

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 231-235
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About this book

This volume offers an empirical perspective on the so-called first generation of human rights. It explores the legitimization of these human rights by individual people, both because of their religion and because of their vision of what constitutes human dignity. The book addresses such issues as the foundation of human rights, the necessity of a broader conversation about human rights, aspects of freedom of religion, and the role of religion in Belarus, Britain, Chile, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, Norway and Tanzania. Taking an international comparative perspective, the volume answers the question as to what extent adolescents in different countries support civil human rights and what influences their attitudes towards these rights.

As the diversity of the contributions in this volume shows, the relationship between religion and civil human rights is complex and multifaceted. Studying this complicated relationship calls for a variety of theoretical perspectives and rigorous empirical testing in different national contexts. This book’s empirical approach provides an important complementary perspective for legal, political and public debates. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Theology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Hans-Georg Ziebertz

  • Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Carl Sterkens

About the editors

Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Ziebertz is the leader of the international research project “Religion and Human Rights”, many publications on these issues.

Dr. Carl Sterkens is the Associate Professor Pastoral Theology and Empirical Religious Studies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Religion and Civil Human Rights in Empirical Perspective

  • Editors: Hans-Georg Ziebertz, Carl Sterkens

  • Series Title: Religion and Human Rights

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59285-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59284-8Published: 27 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86589-8Published: 23 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59285-5Published: 20 October 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2510-4306

  • Series E-ISSN: 2510-4314

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 235

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology of Religion, Human Rights, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights

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