Contents
Crowned with Glory and Honor

Foreword by Glen Stassen 11
Series Preface 15
Author’s Preface 17

1. What Are Human Rights? • 25

Semantic and Conceptual Problems
The Emergence of Human Rights
The Content of Human Rights
Universal Rights and Cultural Relativism

Epistemological considerations
Moral considerations
Empirical considerations

2. Christian Faith and Human Rights • 43

Is a Religious Perspective Valid?
The Diversity of Christian Approaches
The Use and Limits of the Bible

3. Creation: Human Rights Originate in Creation • 54

The Image of God

Response-ability
Representation
Relationality

Further Implications for Human Rights

4. Cultural Mandate:
Human Rights Activate in Stewardship • 64

Human Rights Implications
The Entry of Sin

5. Covenant: Human Rights Are
Expressed in Covenant Law • 66

Special Rights and Human Rights
Human Rights in Biblical Legislation
Key Human Rights Convictions

The Right to Life
Equality
Freedom
Participation

Rights and Community

6. Christ: Human Rights Are
Sanctified by the Incarnation • 87

Christ as God’s True Image Bearer
Human Rights in the Teaching of Jesus
A Liberating Death

7. Church: Human Rights Are
Comprehended in Love and Freedom • 95

A Community of Diversity and Love
The Character of Christian Freedom

Freedom in Subjection
Internal and External Freedom
The Priority of Love

Christian Freedom and Human Rights

8. Consummation: Human Rights Are
Indicated in the Coming Kingdom • 107

The Importance of Hope
The Character and Content of Christian Hope
The Certainty of Future Hope
Christian Hope and Human Rights

9. Conclusion • 116

Appendix: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 121
Notes 129
Bibliography 143
Subject Index 152
Scripture Index 156
The Author 160

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