Faith in Rights

Christian-Inspired NGOs at Work in the United Nations

Amélie Barras (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2024
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5036-1059-0 (ISBN)

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Faith in Rights explores why and how Christian nongovernmental organizations conduct human rights work at the United Nations. The book interrogates the idea that the secular and the religious are distinct categories, and more specifically that human rights, understood as secular, can be neatly distinguished from religion. It argues that Christianity is deeply entangled in the texture of the United Nations and shapes the methods and areas of work of Christian NGOs. To capture these entanglements, Amélie Barras analyzes—through interviews, ethnography, and document and archive analysis—the everyday human rights work of Christian NGOs at the United Nations Human Rights Council. She documents how these NGOs are involved in a constant work of double translation: they translate their human rights work into a religious language to make it relevant to their on-the-ground membership, but they also reframe the concerns of their membership in human rights terms to make them audible to UN actors. Faith in Rights is a crucial new evaluation of how religion informs Christian nongovernmental organizations' understandings of human rights and their methods of work, as well as how being engaged in human rights work influences these organizations' own religious identity and practice.

Amélie Barras is Associate Professor in the Law and Society Program at York University.

Introduction

1. Catholic NGOS at the Human Rights Council: Everyday Human Rights Practice in a "Secular" Environment

2. Practicing Solidarity: The Social Doctrine of the Church and the Advocacy of Catholic-Inspired NGOS

3. Perseverance and Patience in Crafting International Human Rights Norms: The Work of Quaker Representatives at the Human Rights Council

4. Building the Capacity of Local Networks: Post-Secular Moments through the Practice of Education

Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	27.08.2024
Reihe/Serie	Stanford Studies in Human Rights
Zusatzinfo	11 halftones
Verlagsort	Palo Alto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Baurecht (privat)
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Besonderes Strafrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-5036-1059-4 / 1503610594
ISBN-13	978-1-5036-1059-0 / 9781503610590
Zustand	Neuware