President Barack Obama has filled the post for ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. On June 16, the White House sent…
religious freedom
Religious cartoons: freedom of speech as well as religion
In a post at Religion Dispatches last month, Austin Dacey argues vehemently that religious satire is nothing new. Before the…
Recent Bloggingheads.tv episodes on religion and sexuality
Bloggingheads.tv has recently put up two "diavlogs" on issues related to religion and sexuality.
Engagement for whose good?
It is coincidental but telling that Emile Nakhleh’s post supporting U.S. “engagement” with Muslim communities appeared the same week as…
Engagement for the common good
I have been following the contributions and "debates" on The Immanent Frame in response to the Chicago Council report. My…
Proselytism and religious freedom
The distinguishing feature of proselytizing is an aim that typically supervenes upon “ordinary” religious expression. It is an accompanying mental…
For and against proselytism
I view my task not as that of winning points in a debate on the grounds of logical or rhetorical…
Good Muslim, bad Muslim
In my opening post, I suggested that a second assumption underpinning the Chicago Report is that American foreign policy should…
Islam and terrorism
In my previous post, I suggested that one of the latent assumptions underpinning the Chicago Report is that terrorism is…
“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…