Religion and foreign affairs
Subtitle: essential readings
By: Dennis R. Hoover and Douglas M. Johnston, editors
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 619
ISBN-13: 9781602582422
Subjects: Religion and international relations; Religion and politics
Description: Machine generated contents note: 1. Religion and the Global Agenda: From the Margins to the Mainstream? / 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 Affairs / John 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 / 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 / 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 Century / 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 / 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 Politics / Jeffrey Haynes -- 36. Transnational Religious Connections / 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 / Howard Pack -- 42. Development, Religion, and Women's Roles in Contemporary Societies / Katherine 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 / Shmuel Sandler -- 44. Rethinking Religious Establishment and Liberal Democracy: Lessons from Israel / Steven V. Mazie --^

45. Christianity and Democracy: The Pioneering Protestants / 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 Declarations / Kevin 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 / Jose 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.