Thomas Farr
Dr. Thomas F. Farr is Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University, where he directs the Religious Freedom Program, and the program on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy. A former U.S. diplomat, he was the State Department's first Director of the Office of International Religious Freedom. He has published widely on religion and foreign policy, including World of Faith and Freedom: Why International Religious Liberty is Vital to American National Security (Oxford University Press, 2008). A Ph.D. in history from the University of North Carolina, Dr. Farr served in the U.S. Army and has taught at both the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is a member of the Chicago World Affairs Council's Task Force on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy and vice chair of Christian Solidarity Worldwide-USA, which defends religious freedom for all people.
Articles by Thomas Farr
- The Trouble with American Foreign Policy and Islam
- World of Faith and Freedom: Why International Religious Liberty Is Vital to American National Security
- Introduction: IRFA, Ten Years On
- Retooling the Middle Eastern Freedom Agenda: Engaging Islam
- Religious Realism in Foreign Policy: Lessons from Vatican II
- Public Religion, Secretary Rice, and U.S. Foreign Policy