Menseregte: Oorsig en uitsig
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Menseregte: Oorsig en uitsig | |
| Creator | Olivier, N. J.J. | |
| Description | In this paper an attempt is made to offer a survey of the present dis cussion of the issue of human rights. In the first place there is a ref erence to the traditional concepts of human rights, viz. the classic liberal, the Marx ist-Leninist (Socialist) and the Third World theories and their (pre-War and post-War) concrete embodiments in international, regional and national contexts. Subsequently the initial negative ap proach of the institutionalized churches and their later change in attitude - with special reference to the fundamental shifts in approach - are in vestigated. The Calvinist view of human rights is discussed within the framework of the recent debate among Afrikaans academics and politi cians. With reference to the viewpoints of Wiechers, Van Rooyen, Stoker, Jonker and Du Toit a version of views about the existence of a biblical framework for human rights is provided. The important publication of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod about the Scriptural grounding as well as its embodiment in a number of concrete human rights is discussed. Finally, some outlines are provided for a further development of the Scripturally founded view of human rights with reference to the Refor- mational ground rule of Reformats semper reformaiida est. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1986-01-31 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/koers.v51i4.947 | |
| Source | Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap; Vol 51, No 4 (1986); 502-542 2304-8557 0023-270X | |
| Language | eng | |
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