Since the release last week of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' detailed and lengthy report (pdf) on the state…
On the role of religion in U.S. foreign policy
American politics
“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…
Religion and healthcare
In the Huffington Post, Princeton Professsor Paul Raushenbush argues that he can't think of one religious reason to be against…
Conference: One Year After Cairo
On April 28, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy will hold its eleventh annual conference, "U.S. Relations…
Taking exception to American exceptionalism
The United States is an empire in decline, as well as a nation under enormous economic duress, and civil religion…
“Religious freedom” and its critics
During his landmark address to the world, delivered in Cairo last June, President Obama proposed to open a new era…
From Bush to Obama, the faith-based initiative is still all politics
Late last week, the Brookings Institute convened a day-long conference marking the tenth anniversary of the faith-based initiative. Josh DuBois,…
The (religious) textbook wars
At The Faith Divide, Eboo Patel weighs in on the ongoing "culture war" over the religious content of textbooks in…
Fantasies of sovereignty
Montreal [site of the 2009 AAR meetings] was a particularly appropriate site for a return to civil religion. A civic…
Beyond believing but not belonging
Religious identification is on the wane in the United States, as in most other nations in the developed world. Yet,…