Faith and Human Rights

A collection of essays illustrating the experiences and concerns of members of the Lutheran churches around the world working for human rights in different contexts and how they relate this work to their faith principles.

The essays witness to the fact that many 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. Their examples provide evidence that whatever our own circumstances and contexts, there is something for each of us to do in this struggle.

Publishers: The Lutheran World Federation

Department: Department for Theology and Public Witness

Program: International Affairs and Human Rights

Editors: Peter N. Prove and Luke Smetters

Pages: 186

Publication Series: LWF Documentation

Number in Series: 51

ISBN: 3-905676-50-8

Languages: English, German

Faith and Human Rights
Publication date: November 2006
In Chennai, India, the Christ Lutheran Church runs economic empowerment and personal development skills for members of the transgender community. In this photo, Bishop Dr M. Stanley Jose (background, second from left), with some of the students in a beautician course. Photo: CLC 
In Chennai, India, the Christ Lutheran Church runs economic empowerment and personal development skills for members of the transgender community. In this photo, Bishop Dr M. Stanley Jose (background, second from left), with some of the students in a beautician course. Photo: CLC 
In Chennai, India, the Christ Lutheran Church runs economic empowerment and personal development skills for members of the transgender community. In this photo, Bishop Dr M. Stanley Jose (background, second from left), with some of the students in a beautician course. Photo: CLC 
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After an eight-month dry season, the riverbed of Tsanaga River lies dry at the outskirts of the city of Maroua, Cameroon. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
After an eight-month dry season, the riverbed of Tsanaga River lies dry at the outskirts of the city of Maroua, Cameroon. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
After an eight-month dry season, the riverbed of Tsanaga River lies dry at the outskirts of the city of Maroua, Cameroon. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
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Representatives from more than ten different religions gather at an interfaith service in Garnethill Synagogue, Glasgow, on the opening day of a United Nations climate change conference. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Representatives from more than ten different religions gather at an interfaith service in Garnethill Synagogue, Glasgow, on the opening day of a United Nations climate change conference. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Representatives from more than ten different religions gather at an interfaith service in Garnethill Synagogue, Glasgow, on the opening day of a United Nations climate change conference. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
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