00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000001227 20200508201359 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||eng|| 0-275-98381-1 010-0520001227 eng 201.723 201.723/COW/H Harold Coward Human Right and The World's Major Religion : The Hindu Tradition 06871 Westport, London Cambridge University Press 2005 xvii, 310p.; 24cm. 24cm. Indeks : Indeks Bibliography p. 291-299 This is the Fourth of a series produced by Prayer Publishers titled ?Human Rights and the World?s Major Religions.? In this volume, Hinduism is carefully examined. With a highly readable style, the chapters unfold around the meaning of ?rights in Hindu thought, to topics like slavery, the llntouchables, women and the influence of secularism. Care is taken with the vocabulary of Hinduisms often difficult for non. Hindus, and the author supplies a glossary of terms. Of particular value are the treatments of the evolution of the Indian constitution, the rise of Hindu Nationalism, and issues relating to freedom of religion and the role of a religious tradition in a democratic society. Ultimately, the author tells as that there is nothing like the Western understanding of presuppositions like ?equality of individuals at birth.? The author is an internationally distinguished Canadian scholar of religions. Having earned basic degrees in psychology and divinity at the University of Alberta, he completed a Ph.D in Indian philosophy and religion in religious studies at McMaster University. 1. Human Right - religion aspects