Protestant Origins of Human Rights Challenged

This paper will challenge common views about Protestantism as the originator or foremost promoter of human rights. The idea of a Protestant origin is launched by Georg Jellinek and disputed by Emile Boutmy. The idea is still current and John Witte can thus claim that Protestantism was in part a huma...

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Main Author: Mogens Chrom Jacobsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Akureyri 2017-08-01
Series:Nordicum-Mediterraneum
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Online Access:https://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-12-no-2-2017/conference-procceding/protestant-origins-human-rights-challenged/