During his landmark address to the world, delivered in Cairo last June, President Obama proposed to open a new era…
“Religious freedom” and its critics
Religious freedom
Scholars provide contrasting analyses of a controversial facet of American foreign policy.
zz“Good Intentions” alone are not good enough!
As I see it, the issue with “religious freedom” is not whether it should be upheld everywhere, but how and…
Beware the unstated assumptions
I applaud the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ call for the U.S. government to recognize the pivotal role of religion…
The wages of engagement
“Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy” is an ambitious, thoughtful, and thought-provoking report that makes…
Words for a faithful world
What fascinates me most about these religious freedom conversations---within the U.S. and between America and the world---are the words we…
Government, civil society, and religious freedom
Should the U.S. government employ American civil society to engage religious communities overseas in promotion of a “religious freedom agenda”?…
The extra-territorial establishment of religion
There is an embarrassing giddiness in the religious studies world today. With our new mantra in hand—the new “salience” of…
The global securitization of religion
My first thought upon reading the Chicago Council’s report “Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy”…
A valuation of religious freedom
Winnifred Sullivan and Elizabeth Hurd, in particular, seem to interpret the Chicago Council Report as an attempt to construct a…
“Sorry comforters” and the new Natural Law
I read the Chicago Council Task Force Report, “Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy,” as…