Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One. New Perspectives on Major Religious Traditions
6. 1. The Individual and the Community in the Normative 15
7. 2. Hindu Perspectives on the Individual and the Collectivity 54
8. 3. Human Rights and Human Responsibilities: Buddhist Views on Individualism and Altruism 87
9. 4. Confucian Perspectives on the Individual and the Collectivity 114
10. 5. The Individual and the Collectivity in Christianity 152
11. 6. The Individual in Islamic Society 175
12. Part Two. On Religion, Secularity, and Religious Tolerance
13. 7. Religion and Lockean Natural Rights 195
14. 8. Christianity, Islam, and Religious Liberty 213
15. Part Three. Religion and Rights in the Contemporary World
16. 9. Hindu Nationalism and Human Rights 243
17. 10. Catholicism and Human Rights in Latin America 262
18. 11. Russian Orthodoxy and Human Rights 278
19. 12. Muslim Women Between Human Rights and Islamic Norms 313
20. Contributors 333
21. Index 339