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_b.W58 2022
100 1 _aWitte, John,
_cJr.,
_d1959-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aBlessings of liberty :
_bhuman rights and religious freedom in the western legal tradition /
_cJohn Witte, Jr., Emory University.
246 3 0 _aHuman rights and religious freedom in the western legal tradition
260 _aCambridge (UK) :
_bCambridge University Press ;
_c2022.
300 _axv, 316 pages ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aLaw and Christianity
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aChristian contributions to the development of rights and liberties in the Western legal tradition -- Magna Cartas old and new: rights and liberties in the Anglo-American common law -- Natural law and natural rights in the early Protestant tradition -- "A most mild and equitable establishment of religion": religious freedom in Massachusetts, 1780-1833 -- Historical foundations and enduring fundamentals of American religious freedom -- Balancing the guarantees of no establishment and free exercise of religion in American education -- Tax exemption of religious property: historical anomaly or valid constitutional practice? -- Faith in Strasbourg? religious freedom in the European Court of Human Rights -- Meet the new boss of religious freedom: the new cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union -- Concluding reflections: toward a Christian defense of human rights and religious freedom today.
520 _a"John Witte, Jr. explores the role religion played in the development of rights in the Western legal tradition and traces the complex interplay between human rights and religious freedom norms in modern domestic and international law. He examines how US courts are moving towards greater religious freedom, while recent decisions of the pan-European courts in Strasbourg and Luxembourg have harmed new religious minorities and threatened old religious traditions in Europe. Witte argues that the robust promotion and protection of religious freedom is the best way to protect many other fundamental rights today, even though religious freedom and other fundamental rights sometimes clash and need judicious balancing. He also responds to various modern critics who see human rights as a betrayal of Christianity and religious freedom as a betrayal of human rights"--
610 2 0 _aEuropean Court of Human Rights.
610 2 7 _aEuropean Court of Human Rights.
_2fast
630 0 0 _aMagna Carta
_xInfluence.
630 0 7 _aMagna Carta.
_2fast
650 0 _aHuman rights.
650 0 _aCivil rights
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity.
650 0 _aChristianity
_xInfluence.
650 0 _aChristianity and law.
_91161
650 0 _aFreedom of religion
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aFreedom of religion
_zEuropean Union countries.
650 2 _aHuman Rights
650 6 _aDroits de l'homme (Droit international)
650 6 _aDroits de l'homme
_xAspect religieux
_xChristianisme.
650 6 _aChristianisme
_xInfluence.
650 6 _aChristianisme et droit.
_91158
650 6 _aLiberté religieuse
_zEtats-Unis
_xHistoire.
650 6 _aLiberté religieuse
_zPays de l'Union européenne.
650 7 _aChristianity and law.
_2fast
_91161
650 7 _aChristianity
_xInfluence.
_2fast
650 7 _aCivil rights
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity.
_2fast
650 7 _aFreedom of religion.
_2fast
_917449
650 7 _aHuman rights.
_2fast
650 7 _aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
_2fast
651 7 _aEuropean Union countries.
_2fast
651 7 _aUnited States.
_2fast
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aWitte, John, Jr., 1959-
_tThe blessings of liberty
_b1.
_dCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
_z9781108652841
_w(DLC) 2021015820
830 0 _aLaw and Christianity.
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