Legitimizing human rights secular and religious perspectives

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Grounding human rights : naturalism's failure and biblical theism's success / Paul Copan, Palm Beach Atlantic University -- Theism and human rights / Paul Cliteur, University of Leiden -- Why human rights cannot be naturalized : the contingency problem / Angus Menuge, Concordia University Wisconsin -- Human rights as legal rights / Friedrich Toepel, University of Bonn -- Religious liberty and the secular state : human rights in a secular state will depend on its legal definition of religion / John Calvert, Intelligent Design Network -- Balancing secularism with religious freedom : in Lautsi v Italy, the European Court of Human Rights evolved / Vito Breda, University of Cardiff -- Restrictions on religious liberty : when and where justified? / John Warwick Montgomery, Patrick Henry College -- Enforcing and motivating human rights : retribution as a fundamental human right / Hendrik Kaptein, University of Leiden -- The motivation to protect and advance human rights : a faith based approach / Dallas Miller, Judge of the Queen's Bench of Alberta -- Why is man the primary and functional way for the church? the involvement of Christian teaching in contemporary human rights discourse / Dobrochna Bach-Golecka, University of Warsaw.