Posts Tagged 'separationism'
Jonathan Fox on Religion & State Around the World
Tags: Baal, Battle of Vienna, Bladerunner, Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, church-state relations, democracy, Die Hard, Dutch Reformed Church, France, headscarf ban, John Templeton Foundation, Ken Wald, laicite, neutrality model, Ottoman Empire, Religion and State Project, religion-state relations, religious freedom, religious legitimacy, religious liberty, religious market, separation of church and state, separationism, South Africa, spice weasel, supply-side theory, Ted Gurr, Treaty of Westphalia, Turkmenistan, Western Europe, wiccans
What does the relationship between religious groups and the state look like around the world? Prof. Jonathan Fox of Bar Ilan University talks about the findings that have come from his expansive data collection and research exploration into the nature of religion and politics around the world. We discuss how religious organizations are regulated by governments in different parts of the globe and whether or not — and how — religious groups offer the state legitimacy and vice versa.
Thomas Farr on Religion, Religious Liberty & US Diplomacy
Tags: apostasy, Benjamin Netanyahu, blasphemy laws, Bush administration, Catholic Church, diplomacy, Egypt, Egyptian Coptics, foreign policy, Frank Wolf, Henry Kissinger, idealism, International Religious Freedom Act, Islamic extremists, realism, religious freedom, religious liberty, religious persecution, separationism, Witherspoon Institute
Prof. Thomas Farr discusses the important role of religion and religious liberty in foreign relations. Dr. Farr brings both a scholar's insight and his experience as a 21 year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service and recent director of the State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom. We examine why American diplomats have often had a blind spot for religious issues and then turn our discussion to why promoting religious liberty is in the national security interest of the United States (and other nations).
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