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Each series of the Oxford Amnesty Lectures has been turned into a book. Many of these books have become basic texts for students, and a number of them have been translated into other languages. As well as raising funds by yielding royalties, these books have served the educational objectives of the Oxford Amnesty Lectures by fuelling debate and raising the profile of human rights issues worldwide.

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Oxford Amnesty Lectures is one of the world's leading lecture series. It is an independent charity created to sustain debate about human rights in the academic and wider community. Each year speakers of international reputation are invited to lecture in Oxford on a theme related to human rights. To date OAL has raised over £100,000 for Amnesty International.

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OAL 2008: Religion and Rights

Programme

Rights are sometimes thought to derive from the God-given nature of man. But today human rights and religion may find themselves at odds. The universal claims made for rights can run counter to the revealed truths from which religions derive their authority. Many people’s sense of human worth and dignity nevertheless depends on recognising the divine in each of us.

Where rights and revelation diverge, how can the differences be negotiated? How should we measure individual claims to freedom against the demands of religious communities and traditions? For believer and unbeliever alike, the influence of faith in contemporary experience is undeniable. OAL 2008 seeks to explore the alliances and discords.