Human Rights and Religions: An Overview on a Controversial Relationship

If Human Rights (HR) and religions are controversial concepts on their own, the relationship between the two can be fraught with complexity. However, the interest in jointly exploring the realities that underlie the two categories together has led to a long academic tradition of research on the rela...

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Autor: Ruiz Andrés, Rafael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Human Rights
Religions
Secularization
Pluralism
Religión (Sociología)
Relaciones internacionales
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5901 Relaciones Internacionales
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spelling Human Rights and Religions: An Overview on a Controversial RelationshipRuiz Andrés, RafaelHuman RightsReligionsSecularizationPluralismReligión (Sociología)Relaciones internacionales6301.10 Sociología de la Religión5901 Relaciones InternacionalesIf Human Rights (HR) and religions are controversial concepts on their own, the relationship between the two can be fraught with complexity. However, the interest in jointly exploring the realities that underlie the two categories together has led to a long academic tradition of research on the relationship between religions and HR. In this article, based on a review of the state-of-the-art and from a post-secular perspective, we will approach the issue raised from two key points that will be in continuous interaction throughout the text. On the one hand, I will examine the interaction between religions and the polygenesis of HR, a vexed issue that has aroused growing attention in the academic community and that has marked the debate on the polyvalence of fundamental rights. On the other hand, I will analyze the studies that currently attempt to explore the potential contribution of religions to the promotion of HR in the present, but also pointing out the contradictions and ambiguities that arise in this endeavor. These two keys will show us the limits of the relationship between HR and religions, but also the opportunities that the explorations of the common substrate between the two offer cooperation between secular and religious actors in the joint promotion of Human Rights.MDPIUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20232023-10-2420232023-10-24journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96579reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/965792026-06-02T12:44:21Z
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title Human Rights and Religions: An Overview on a Controversial Relationship
spellingShingle Human Rights and Religions: An Overview on a Controversial Relationship
Ruiz Andrés, Rafael
Human Rights
Religions
Secularization
Pluralism
Religión (Sociología)
Relaciones internacionales
6301.10 Sociología de la Religión
5901 Relaciones Internacionales
title_short Human Rights and Religions: An Overview on a Controversial Relationship
title_full Human Rights and Religions: An Overview on a Controversial Relationship
title_fullStr Human Rights and Religions: An Overview on a Controversial Relationship
title_full_unstemmed Human Rights and Religions: An Overview on a Controversial Relationship
title_sort Human Rights and Religions: An Overview on a Controversial Relationship
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ruiz Andrés, Rafael
author Ruiz Andrés, Rafael
author_facet Ruiz Andrés, Rafael
author_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Human Rights
Religions
Secularization
Pluralism
Religión (Sociología)
Relaciones internacionales
6301.10 Sociología de la Religión
5901 Relaciones Internacionales
topic Human Rights
Religions
Secularization
Pluralism
Religión (Sociología)
Relaciones internacionales
6301.10 Sociología de la Religión
5901 Relaciones Internacionales
description If Human Rights (HR) and religions are controversial concepts on their own, the relationship between the two can be fraught with complexity. However, the interest in jointly exploring the realities that underlie the two categories together has led to a long academic tradition of research on the relationship between religions and HR. In this article, based on a review of the state-of-the-art and from a post-secular perspective, we will approach the issue raised from two key points that will be in continuous interaction throughout the text. On the one hand, I will examine the interaction between religions and the polygenesis of HR, a vexed issue that has aroused growing attention in the academic community and that has marked the debate on the polyvalence of fundamental rights. On the other hand, I will analyze the studies that currently attempt to explore the potential contribution of religions to the promotion of HR in the present, but also pointing out the contradictions and ambiguities that arise in this endeavor. These two keys will show us the limits of the relationship between HR and religions, but also the opportunities that the explorations of the common substrate between the two offer cooperation between secular and religious actors in the joint promotion of Human Rights.
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