Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Glen Stassen -- Series Preface -- Author's Preface -- 1. WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS? -- 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 -- Is a Religious Perspective Valid? -- The Diversity of Christian Approaches -- The Use and Limits of the Bible -- 3. CREATION: HUMAN RIGHTS ORIGINATE IN CREATION -- The Image of God -- Response-ability -- Representation -- Relationality -- Further Implications for Human Rights -- 4. CULTURAL MANDATE: -- HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVATE IN STEWARDSHIP -- Human Rights Implications -- The Entry of Sin -- 5. COVENANT: HUMAN RIGHTS ARE -- EXPRESSED IN COVENANT LAW -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- The Importance of Hope -- The Character and Content of Christian Hope -- The Certainty of Future Hope -- Christian Hope and Human Rights -- 9. CONCLUSION -- Appendix: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index -- The Author.