[hr-education-na] New publication "Lifting The Spirit: Human Rights and Freedom of Religion or Belief"

   The Tandem Project and the University of Minnesota Human Rights
      Resource Center are pleased to announce the publication of

                         Lifting the Spirit:
            Human Rights and Freedom of Religion or Belief

As Topic Book 6 of the Center's Human Rights Education Series, Lifting the
Spirit is intended to further an understanding of human rights in general
and especially the human rights to freedom of religion or belief. This
curriculum is not a survey of world religions, although it might
complement such a course; instead it relates theworship, observances,
practices and teaching of all religions or beliefs to fundamental human
rights principles. Designed for use in secondary classrooms, religious
institutions and youth advocacy organizations around the world,
bothcontent and organization aim to be adaptable to many different
national and cultural settings.

Lifting the Spirit focuses on the eight articles of the 1981 UN
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of
Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief:

     Unit I, Introduction to Human Rights and Freedom of Religion or
     Belief, lays the foundation for the whole curriculum, establishing
     classroom standards and challenging students to articulate their
     understanding and experience of key concepts, such as human rights,
     dignity, religion and beliefs.

     Unit II, Understanding Freedom of Religion or Belief, introduces
     students to the UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of
     Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief.

     Unit III, Human Rights from Concept to Declaration, takes students
     more deeply into human rights, first examining the content and history
     of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and then
     exploring the 1981 Declaration (DROB) in the context of the
     international human rights system.

     Unit IV, The 1981 UN Declaration on the Freedom of Religion or
     Belief (DROB), takes students systematically through this document,
     clarifying its language and linking concepts to their own lives.

     Unit V, Taking Action for the Freedom of Religion or Belief,
     challenges students to research and assess their own family, school,
     community, and national legal system in light of the freedom of
     religion or belief.

Lifting the Spirit is available for $15 plus shipping and handling from
the University of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center [hrrc@umn.edu or
www.humanrightsandpeacestore.org ]. The full text is available on line at
www.hrusa.org under "HR Education Materials."


                    ABOUT THE PUBLICATION PARTNERS

The Tandem Project

The Tandem Project was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1985, to help
promote tolerance and prevent discrimination based on religion or belief,
through implementation of the 1981 Declaration. It has organized five
international conferences and participated in the publication of several
books on this subject.  For further information, contact Michael Roan,
Executive Director, at mroan@umn.edu or 612-825-2842.

The University of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center

The University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, founded in 1988, is
located at the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Its Resource Center develops, markets and distributes human
rights education materials and trains students, volunteers, and
professionals to promote and protect human rights. For further information
contact 612- 626-0041 or humanrts@umn.edu.


                ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION SERIES

The Human Rights Education Series is published by the Human Rights
Resource Center at the University of Minnesota and can be purchased
through the Human Rights Peace Store [www.humanrightsandpeacestore.org].
Edited by Nancy Flowers, the series provides resources for the
ever-growing body of educators and activists working to build a culture of
human rights in the United States and throughout the world. Other
publications in the Series include:

     Human Rights Here and Now: Celebrating the Universal
     Declaration of Human Rights - edited by Nancy Flowers	$15 plus
     shipping
     Economic and Social Justice: A Human Rights Perspective -by David
     Shiman	$19.95 plus shipping
     Raising Children with Roots, Rights & Responsibilities:
     Celebrating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child -by Lori
     Dupont, Joanne Foley, and Annette Gagliardi	$19.95 plus shipping
     Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights: A Human
     Rights Perspective  by David M. Donahue	$19.95 plus shipping
     The Human Rights Education Handbook: Effective Practices for
     Learning, Action, and Change by Nancy Flowers with Marcia
     Bernbaum, Kristi Rudelius-Palmer, and Joel Tolman	$19.95 plus
     shipping



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