Can God and Caesar Coexist? by Robert F Drinan

Can God and Caesar Coexist? by Robert F Drinan

Father Robert Drinan, priest, scholar, lawyer, politician, activist, and ethicist, has spent his life working to strengthen human rights. In this important book, Father Drinan explores the state of religious freedom worldwide, arguing that international law and legal institutions have not gone far enough to protect religious freedom. The international community, says Father Drinan, has been slow to recognize the urgent need of balancing the requirements of a pluralistic society with the demands of religious freedom. Despite numerous proclamations from the United Nations and from individual nations about the importance of religious freedom, says Father Drinan, there is still no covenant, legally binding instrument, or world tribunal to monitor freedom of religion. Drinan explores the status of religious freedom in certain Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Communist societies whose doctrines may promote intolerance. And he asserts that the silence of international law allows nations to continue to punish persons who practice a faith viewed unfavourably by the government.

A unique and persuasive personal statement that effectively demonstrates that international law has never done very well protecting religious freedomFather Drinan's enterprise is intelligent, humane, and perceptive. Mark W. Janis, University of Connecticut School of Law No one is better placed than Robert Drinan to tackle the intersection between religious freedom and the public world. In this book he does that incisively, making complex issues accessible and abstract problems personal. Religious freedom may constitute the greatest challenge of our age. In Father Drinan we have an astute guide at hand to lead us on our way. William F. Schulz, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA

Robert F. Drinan, S.J., professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, has had a long and distinguished career. He has been a visiting professor at four American universities and dean of the Boston College Law School. He was a United States Congressman for five terms as a Representative from Massachusetts. He has served on public and privately sponsored delegations and human rights missions to many countries and has been a member of numerous committees devoted to the furtherance of human rights. Father Drinan has received numerous awards, the most recent being the 2003 Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute's Freedom of Worship medal. He is also the author of eleven previous books, including The Mobilization of Shame, published by Yale University Press.

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Titel	Can God and Caesar Coexist?
Autor	Robert F Drinan
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Verlag	Yale University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2004-08-11
Seitenanzahl	272
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