TY - BOOK AU - Montgomery,John Warwick TI - Human rights and human dignity AV - BT738.M787.H863 1986 PY - 1986/// CY - Dallas, Texas PB - Probe Ministries International KW - Civil rights KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Theological anthropology KW - Apologetics KW - 20th century N1 - Cover title: Human rights and human dignity; 1 (pages 273-310) and indexes; Human rights : the need --; Human rights : existing protections --; The dilemma, part one : defining human rights --; The dilemma, part two : justifying human rights --; The essentiality of transcendence and the failure of religious answers --; A revelational solution --; The revelational content of human rights --; Human dignity and the human heart; 2 N2 - In clear, easily understood language, [the author] analyzes what human rights are and addresses the crucial question, how can human right, properly understood, be legitimated? Montgomery shows that if there is a foundation for human rights, it must be sought in a transcendent perspective, in the revelational content of the Bible. -- Back cover ER -