Johannes A van der Ven, Jaco Dreyer, Hendrik Pieterse

Is There a God of Human Rights?

The Complex Relationship Between Human Rights and Religion: A South African Case

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume deals with the place and function of human rights in democracies in modern society and the complex relationship between human rights and religion, both historically and empirically.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 642
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 162mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1188g
• ISBN-13: 9789004142091
• ISBN-10: 9004142096
• Artikelnr.: 22047707

Autorenporträt

Johannes A. van der Ven (1940), Ph.D. Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Doctor honoris causa University of Lund, Sweden, occupies the chair of comparative empirical theology in Nijmegen and the extra-ordinary chair of practical theology at the University of South Africa. He has written 13 books, edited 17 books and has written 300 articles in refereed journals in ten languages. Jaco S. Dreyer (1961), D.Th. University of South Africa, is an Associate Professor in the department of practical theology of the University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, Republic of South Africa. He regularly publishes articles in refereed journals and serves on the editorial board of three scholarly journals. Hendrik J.C. Pieterse (1936), D.Th. University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, is emeritus Professor of Practical Theology, University of South Africa, and now occupies an extra-ordinary chair of practical theology at the University of Pretoria. He has written ten books and published 104 refereed articles.