Protestantism, Early Baptists and the Emergence of Human Rights
The development of modern understandings of human rights is widely attributed to Enlightenment thinkers, but Christians had constructed similar arguments even earlier. This article traces that history with primary reference to three early Baptists whose worldviews were shaped by the intolerance they...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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Evangelical review of theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 357-372 |
| RelBib Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDD Protestant Church KDG Free church NBE Anthropology SA Church law; state-church law XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Baptists
B Christians B Human Rights B Toleration B Protestantism |
| Summary: | The development of modern understandings of human rights is widely attributed to Enlightenment thinkers, but Christians had constructed similar arguments even earlier. This article traces that history with primary reference to three early Baptists whose worldviews were shaped by the intolerance they experienced. |
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| ISSN: | 0144-8153 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Evangelical review of theology
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