Religion and Foreign Affairs

INTRODUCTION

1. Religion and the Global Agenda: From the Margins to the Mainstream?Dennis R. Hoover and Douglas M. Johnston

SECTION I: Secularization, Desecularization, and the Disciplines of International Affairs

2. The Meaning of Secularism Charles Taylor

3. The Desecularization of the World: A Global Overview Peter L. Berger

4. The Challenge of September 11 to Secularism in International Relations Daniel Philpott

5. Rethinking the Role of Religion in Changing Public Spheres: Some Comparative Perspectives Rosalind I. J. Hackett

6. Kicking the Secularist Habit: A Six-Step Program David Brooks

SECTION II: Theoretical Foundations from Antiquity

7. "Melian Dialogue": History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides

8. The Return of Ancient Times: Why the Warrior Politics of the Twenty-First Century Will Demand a Pagan Ethos Robert D. Kaplan

9. Unrealistic Realism: A Reflection on Robert D. Kaplan's "Warrior Politics" Dennis R. Hoover

10. Excerpts from Book 19: City of God Augustine

11. Augustine's Political Realism Reinhold Niebuhr

12. "Really Existing" Scriptures: On the Use of Sacred Text in International AffairsJohn A. Rees

13. Isaiah's Vision of Human Security: Virtue-Ethics and International Politics Scott M. Thomas

SECTION III: Ethics of Force

14. Of War (Four Articles): Summa Theologica Thomas Aquinas

15. Just War Tradition: Is It Credible? John Howard Yoder

16. Moral Clarity in a Time of War George Weigel

17. War and Statecraft: An Exchange Rowan Williams and George Weigel

18. Torture: A Just War Perspective James Turner Johnson

19. The New Jihad and Islamic Tradition John Kelsay

SECTION IV: Religion and Conflict

20. Terror Mandated by God Mark Juergensmeyer

21. The Clash of Civilizations? Samuel P. Huntington

22. Challenging Huntington Richard E. Rubenstein and Jarle Crocker

23. Memo to the State: Religion and Security Chris Seiple

24. The Politics of Persecuted Religious Minorities Philip Jenkins

25. Religious Freedom: Good for What Ails Us? Brian J. Grim

26. How Shall We Study Religion and Conflict?: Challenges and Opportunities in the Early Twenty-First CenturyJohn D. Carlson and Matt Correa

SECTION V: Religion and Peacemaking

27. Religion and Global Affairs: Religious "Militants for Peace" R. Scott Appleby

28. Faith-Based Diplomacy: An Ancient Idea Newly Emergent Brian Cox and Daniel Philpott

29. Military Chaplains: Bridging Church and State Douglas M. Johnston

30. Religion as Destroyer and Creator of Peace: A Postmortem on Failed Peace Processes Marc Gopin

31. Catholic Peacemaking, 1991-2005: The Legacy of Pope John Paul II Drew Christiansen

32. The Potential for Peacebuilding in Islam: Toward an Islamic Concept of Peace Hisham Soliman

SECTION VI: Religion, Globalization, and Transnationalism

33. Jihad vs. McWorld Benjamin Barber

34. Religion and Globalization James Kurth

35. Transnational Religious Actors and International PoliticsJeffrey Haynes

36. Transnational Religious Connections Robert Wuthnow and Stephen Offutt

37. European Politics Gets Old-Time Religion Timothy A. Byrnes

SECTION VII: Religion and Economic Development

38. Max Weber Is Alive and Well, and Living in Guatemala: The Protestant Ethic Today Peter L. Berger

39. Inspiring Development in Fragile States Seth Kaplan

40. New House Rules: Christianity, Economics, and Planetary Living Sallie McFague

41. Islam, Globalization, and Economic Performance in the Middle East Marcus Noland and Howard Pack

42. Development, Religion, and Women's Roles in Contemporary SocietiesKatherine Marshall

SECTION VIII: Religion, Democracy, and the State

43. Separation of Religion and State in the Twenty-First Century: Comparing the Middle East and Western Democracies Jonathan Fox and Shmuel Sandler

44. Rethinking Religious Establishment and Liberal Democracy: Lessons from Israel Steven V. Mazie

45. Christianity and Democracy: The Pioneering Protestants Robert D. Woodberry and Timothy S. Shah

46. The Rise of "Muslim Democracy" Vali Nasr

47. Public Theology and Democracy's Future Max L. Stackhouse

48. Public Religion, Democracy Promotion, and U.S. Foreign Policy Thomas F. Farr

SECTION IX: Religious Freedom and Human Rights

49. Debating International Human Rights: The "Middle Ground" for Religious Participants Paul A. Brink

50. Religious Liberty and Human Dignity: A Tale of Two DeclarationsKevin J. Hasson

51. Roman Catholicism and the Faith-Based Movement for Global Human Rights Allen D. Hertzke

52. Patterns and Contexts of Religious Freedom and Persecution Paul Marshall

53. Does the Human Right to Freedom of Conscience, Religion, and Belief Have Special Status? David Little

54. Balancing Religious Freedom and Cultural Preservation José Casanova

55. Soul Wars: New Battles, New Norms John Witte, Jr.

SECTION X: Religion and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy

56. Religion and International Affairs Barry Rubin

57. Faith and Diplomacy Madeleine Albright

58. Religion and American Foreign Policy Jack Miles

59. Methodology, Metrics, and Moral Imperatives in Religious Freedom Diplomacy Robert A. Seiple

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