In late July, The Immanent Frame published a set of reflections on the Department of State's plans for a new…
Engaging whose religion?
religion and politics
Department of State launches Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives
Following on talk of earlier plans to create a new "office of religious engagement," the Department of State has formally launched…
Why the West Fears Islam
Political scientist Jocelyne Cesari's recent book, Why the West Fears Islam: An Exploration of Muslims in Liberal Democracies, analyzes the Muslim…
Engaging religion at the Department of State
This past week, the US Department of State announced the creation of a new office that “will focus on engagement with…
Reconciliation in the real world
In Just and Unjust Peace: An Ethic of Political Reconciliation, I argue that religious traditions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in particular—offer…
Reconciliation and the pursuit of peace
Today, at the beginning of 2013, the world is confronted by a bewildering array of protracted and new armed conflicts:…
The alienation of religion from the left
Noting that "nearly all of the white Americans who drifted away from organized religion in the last few decades were…
Religious right in the United Kingdom?
Over at Theos, a British think tank working in the area of religion, politics and society, recently released a new…
Recasting an agenda for peace
The International Criminal Court (ICC) celebrated its ten-year anniversary last summer. During its first decade of life, both the shadow…
Janus-faced justice
One of Philpott’s goals in Just and Unjust Peace is to challenge both sorts of reactions to the role of…