Religion and Civil Human Rights in Empirical Perspective

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ziebertz, Hans-Georg (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sterkens, Carl (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Religion and Human Rights, 2
• Subjects: Religion and sociology.; Human rights.; Social justice.; Sociology of Religion.; Human Rights.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.

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 th...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Predictors of attitudes towards human dignity: an empirical analysis among youth in Germany (Hans-Georg Ziebertz)
• Chapter 2. Understanding Human Dignity. Theoretical Groundings and Empirical findings among Youth in Belarus (Olga Breskaya)
• Chapter 3. The Necessity of the Broader Conversation about Human Rights (Raymond J. Webb)
• Chapter 4. Social capital and religion in the public sphere. Attitudes to visible forms of religion among Norwegian high school students (Pål Ketil Botvar)
• Chapter 5. 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)
• Chapter 6. Attitudes towards Freedom of Religion among Nigerian Students (Modestus Adimekwe)
• Chapter 7. Traditional Prejudices in Advancing Human Rights Culture in Tanzania (Clement D. Fumbo)
• Chapter 8. Religion and civil rights in Italy. An empirical exploration among secondary school students (Francesco Zaccaria)
• Chapter 9. The Role of Religion in Society and its Relation to Attitudes and Practices of Human Rights in Chile (Joaquín Silva).