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The Lutheran World Federation
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| 13.07.2007 |
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| LWF Publication: Faith and Human Rights – Voices from the Lutheran Communion |
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Faith and Human Rights – Voices from the Lutheran Communion, a new publication of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), documents the experiences and concerns of some members of the Lutheran family working for human rights in their different contexts, and how their work relates to their faith principles.
Published by Lutheran University Press, (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) under the auspices of the LWF, the 188-page volume, No. 51/2006 in the LWF Documentation series, is co-edited by Peter N. Prove and Luke Smetters, LWF Office for International Affairs and Human Rights.
In the book’s introduction, Prove says the contributions serve as recognition that the authors and many other Lutherans around the world “are fully part of the struggle for human rights, for the human dignity that those legal principles seek to protect and promote, and for the neighbor in need.”
The co-editors point out that human rights, and the related instruments and mechanisms are tools for the promotion of justice and protection of the dignity of all human beings, each of whom bears the image of God. They underline the LWF’s recognition of human rights as an important part of a holistic Christian ministry.
The LWF Documentation is available at USD 14 plus postage costs. To order copies contact Lutheran University Press, P. O. Box 390759 Minneapolis, MN 55439 or publisher@lutheranUpress.org
Copies of the German edition Glaube und Menschenrechte: Stimmen aus der lutherischen Gemeinschaft, LWB Dokumentation 51/2006 can be ordered with the publisher Verlag Kreuz GmbH, Liebknechtstr. 33, 70565 Stuttgart, Germany.
For further information, contact info@lutheranworld.org or write to the: LWF Office for Communication Services, 150 route de Ferney, P. O. Box 2100, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland, Tel. +41/22-791 61 11, Fax +41/22-791 66 30. (293 words)
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