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This collection of provocative essays by one of the world’s most distinguished theologians deals with diverse topics, covering the right to work, nuclear war, the Olympic Games, Lutheran and Reformed political thought, and the “common hope” of Judaism and Christianity—all within the framework of human rights. Jürgen Moltmann believes that the dignity of the human being is the source for all human...

and seek to realize different aspects of human rights. For example, under the influence of the misery caused by fascist dictatorships, the North Atlantic states have formulated individual human rights over against the state and society. In their struggle against capitalism and class rule, the socialist states have given preeminence to social human rights. The nations of the Third World are demanding the right to economic, social, and political self-determination. Human rights, therefore, cannot be
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