Acknowledgements
List of contributors
The first word : to be human is to be free / Desmond M. Tutu
Introduction / John Witte, Jr.
The Judaic foundations of rights / David Novak
Ius in Roman law / Charles Donahue
Human rights and early Christianity / David Aune
Human rights in the canon law / R.H. Helmholz
The modern Catholic church and human rights : the impact of the second Vatican Council / J. Bryan Hehir
Rights and liberties in early modern Protestantism : the example of Calvinism / John Witte, Jr.
Modern Protestant developments in human rights / Nicholas P. Wolterstorff
The issue of human rights in Byzantium and the Orthodox Christian tradition / John A. McGuckin
The human rights system / T. Jeremy Gunn
The image of God : rights, reason, and order / Jeremy Waldron
Religion and equality / Kent Greenawalt
Proselytism and human rights / Silvio Ferrari
Religious liberty, church autonomy, and the structure of freedom / Richard W. Garnett
Christianity and the rights of children : an integrative view / Don Browning
Christianity and the rights of women / M. Christian Green
Christianity, human rights, and a theology that touches the ground / Robert A. Seiple
A right to clean water / John Copeland Nagle
The final word : can Christianity contribute to a global civil religion? / Robert N. Bellah.
Christianity and human rights : an introduction. ISBN 9780521143745. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.