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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1. VerfasserIn: Poll, E. W. van der 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2023
In: Evangelical review of theology
Jahr: 2023, Band: 47, Heft: 4, Seiten: 357-372
RelBib Classification:KAH Kirchengeschichte 1648-1913; Neuzeit
KDD Evangelische Kirche
KDG Freikirche
NBE Anthropologie
SA Kirchenrecht; Staatskirchenrecht
XA Recht
weitere Schlagwörter:B Baptists
B Christians
B Human Rights
B Toleration
B Protestantism
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0144-8153
Enthält:Enthalten in: Evangelical review of theology