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Protestant Support for Human Rights[Have you done any research in this area? If so, please share it.] World Council of Churches (Robert Traer, 1991) The World Council of Churches has been in the forefront of the human rights movement since its beginning in the middle of the twentieth century. Protestant theologians from different denominational backgrounds continue to differ over theological categories. However, they support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international covenants developed to implement it. Today, in the crucible of the Third World, Evangelicals (Robert Traer, 1991) Support for human rights among Evangelical Protestants is not unanimous. The deist roots of the human rights tradition are worrisome to many. Yet, major theologians within this diverse wing of the Protestant tradition do support human rights on the basis of biblical authority. For Evangelicals, human hope lies in trusting in the Creator of human rights, who revealed the divine purpose of life through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. What is Religious Freedom? (Robert Traer, 1991) A personal statement on the legal, ethical and spiritual dimensions of religious freedom. |
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