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Moral Majority, prolife groups, charismatic renewal, antinuclear coalitions, & religious feminist groups all typify US religion in the 1980s. Neglected in most studies of denominationalism & church-sect dynamics, these reform movements provide the sinews that crosscut denominational boundaries & shape the course of religious organizations. Such movements have deep roots in US history, but evidence indicates that their numbers have grown dramatically during the past quarter century, & that millions of Americans are currently involved in them. Reform movements play an important role in revitalizing commitments to the churches, but they also raise the specter of a stultifying bureaucratization of American faith. HA

Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures? The contributors to this volume address this and many other questions as they examine, through a bottom-up approach, the interaction of human rights and religion in practice and the challenges they pose for national and international policymakers.

Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures? Is democracy a necessary condition for the achievement of human rights in practice? This book surveys the religious politics of human rights across the world's major regions, political systems, and faith traditions