Posts tagged Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Should Religions Have Rituals Such As Baptism For Infants?
Should Religions Have Rituals Such As Baptism For Infants?

(ANALYSIS) Former Irish President Mary McAleese argues that infant baptism violates children’s human rights by imposing church membership without consent. Critics respond that parents possess religious freedom in child-rearing, note historical and biblical defenses of infant baptism, and compare similar birth rituals across Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism.

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Analysis, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Conflict, Constitution, Culture, Europe, Health, History, Human Rights, Islam, Jewish, Judaism, Middle East, News, North America, Orthodox, Politics, protestants, Religion, Religious Freedom, Sikh, Science, SocietyRichard OstlingRichard Ostling, analysis, religion, infants, Mary McAleese, infant baptism, Catholic Church, children’s rights, religious freedom, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, canon law, believer’s baptism, Anabaptists, Baptists, Mennonites, Southern Baptist Convention, Reformation, interfaith issues, circumcision, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, parenting and religion, church membership, theology debate, baptism, news, society, politics and religionComment
Confucianism And The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights
Confucianism And The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

(ANALYSIS) Dec. 10 marks the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the most widely agreed global standard for protecting rights and dignity. In practice it is, of course, widely ignored, but its power is shown in that even those who violate try to pretend that they are really respecting it.

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AnalysisPaul MarshallPaul Marshall, human rights, religion, Confucianism, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Zenger News, Zenger, ZengerNews Comment