Public Theology as Practicing Theology from Below

Looking for the Right Sense of the 'Human' in Human Rights

Bibliographic Data

ID4805089
AuthorsLluis Oviedo (0000-0001-8189-3311, Pontifical University Antonianum, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume16
Issue3
Pages370
Publication date2025-03-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel16030370
OpenAlexW4408453441
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Christian beliefs and values have played an important role in the formulation of modern human rights. However, this influence does not hide the delays and some difficulties that Christian churches have experienced in this area. A cultural evolutionary framework is proposed to make sense of this ambiguity. In this sense, Christian anthropology is presented as both an evolving body of ideas and a wisdom based on empirical experience. Such a model makes it possible to deal better with the issue of human rights, which is subject to evolutionary pressures and seeks to adapt to new challenges and contexts. Christian anthropology, after a conscious interaction with real experiences and challenges, could favour to provide insights and discernment for this development following some minimal criteria, such as avoiding harmful effects, increasing well-being, and becoming a reference for sociality and vitality

Christian right · Environmental ethics · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · Development, Ethics, and Society · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development

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