Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights

Thomas Banchoff: Director, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University Rober Wuthnow: Andlinger Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University

Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures? The contributors to this volume address this and many other questions as they examine, through a bottom-up approach, the interaction of human rights and religion in practice and the challenges they pose for national and international policymakers.

1. Introduction; THOMAS BANCHOFF AND ROBERT WUTHNOW; 2. The International Human Rights Regime; THOMAS BANCHOFF; PART I: ISLAM AND THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS; 3. Human Rights and Democracy in Islam: The Indonesian Case in Global Perspective; ROBERT W. HEFNER; 4. Muslims, Human Rights and Women's Rights; YVONNE YAZBECK HADDAD; PART II: THREE REGIONS: LATIN AMERICA, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, AND SOUTHEAST ASIA; 5. Religious Pluralism, Democracy and Human Rights in Latin America; PAUL FRESTON; 6. Gender Justice and Religion in Sub-Saharan Africa; ROGAIA MUSTAFA ABUSHARAF; 7. Buddhism, Human Rights, and Non-Buddhist Minorities; CHARLES KEYES; PART III: FOUR KEY COUNTRIES: INDIA, CHINA, RUSSIA AND THE US; 8. Hinduism and the Politics of Rights in India; PRATAP BHANU MEHTA; 9. Religion, State Power, and Human Rights in China; DAVID OWNBY; 10. Religious Communities and Rights in the Russian Federation; MARJORIE MANDELSTAM BALZER; 11. Human Rights, the Catholic Church, and the Death Penalty in the United States; THOMAS BANCHOFF