World of Faith and Freedom : Why International Religious Liberty Is Vital to American National Security

Thomas A. Farr

ISBN 10: 0195179951 / ISBN 13: 9780195179958

Edité par Oxford University Press, 2008

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Virtually every trouble spot on the planet has some sort of religious component, from Iraq and Afghanistan to Israel and Palestine. All of these conflicts are of great geo-political importance and of intense interest to the United States. Yet, argues Thomas Farr, our foreign policy is gravely handicapped by an inability to understand the role of religion in these places and indeed a strong disinclination to consider religious factors as important. In this engaging and well-written insider account, Farr offers a closely reasoned argument that religious freedom, the freedom to practice one's own religion without fear or interference, is an essential prerequisite for a democratic society. If the U.S. wants to foster democracy, he says, it must focus on fostering religious liberty. Although we ourselves have developed a remarkably successful model of religious freedom, our foreign policy favors an aggressive secularism that is at odds with the American model. It is essential, says Farr, that we take an approach that recognizes the great importance of religion in people's lives.

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• Titre: World of Faith and Freedom : Why International Religious Liberty Is Vital to American National Security
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0195179951
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195179958
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 240 L x 161 H x 27 P (en millimètres) 240 millimètres de largeur par 161 millimètres de hauteur par 27 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 807 grammes

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Virtually every trouble spot on the planet has some sort of religious component, from Iraq and Afghanistan to Israel and Palestine. All of these conflicts are of great geo-political importance and of intense interest to the United States. Yet, argues Thomas Farr, our foreign policy is gravely handicapped by an inability to understand the role of religion in these places and indeed a strong disinclination to consider religious factors as important. In this engaging and well-written insider account, Farr offers a closely reasoned argument that religious freedom, the freedom to practice one's own religion without fear or interference, is an essential prerequisite for a democratic society. If the U.S. wants to foster democracy, he says, it must focus on fostering religious liberty. Although we ourselves have developed a remarkably successful model of religious freedom, our foreign policy favors an aggressive secularism that is at odds with the American model. It is essential, says Farr, that we take an approach that recognizes the great importance of religion in people's lives.

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas F. Farr is Visiting Associate Professor of Religion and International Affairs at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. He was the first Director of the Office of International Religious Freedom at the U.S. State Department. He served for seven years in the U.S. Army and twenty-one years in the American Foreign Service.