Vol. 1, No. 2 (Fall 2003)
Christians' role in international affairs is examined in this issue, including their potential impact on U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq. Also, misconceptions about the Third World, Western values, and Islam are challenged.
The Ambassadorship of All Believers
Robert Seiple Monday, 1 September 2003
In Christians' engagement of God's complex world, it is not enough to claim good intentions. They must also employ strategic common sense in acting on those intentions.
Christian Citizenship and American Empire
Don Snider, Chris Hickey Monday, 1 September 2003
US involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq requires that Christians play a larger role in the debate over American power, particularly empire-building. Christians should and can contribute as America reconciles itself to its neo-imperial influence.
Debating International Human Rights: The "Middle Ground" for Religious Participants
Paul Brink Monday, 1 September 2003
When approaching international human rights, it is important that people of faith act respectfully to other points of view while maintaining their own "convictional particularities."
Evangelical Politics in the Third World: What’s Next for the ‘Next Christendom'
Timothy Samuel Shah Monday, 1 September 2003
As the center of Christianity is shifting southward towards the developing world, misconceptions abound, and we must be careful not to think that it is America's brand of it.
Faith-Based Diplomacy: An Ancient Idea Newly Emergent
Brian Cox, Daniel Philpott Monday, 1 September 2003
Faith-based diplomacy is often practiced by non-state actors, NGO workers, religious leaders, and private citizens. Its religious foundation is adept at solving issues secular diplomacy cannot understand. One example is the reconciliation associated with the Institute for Reconciliation in Srinagar, Kashmir. Acknowledgment of the enemy's suffering, apology, forgiveness and reconciliation are found in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Faith-based diplomacy makes it possible to hold conversations about these concepts in a safe environment.
St. Paul as a Global Strategist
Earl Palmer Monday, 1 September 2003
St. Paul's life provides an example of a faithful global strategist.
Islam and "Western Values": Toward a New Conversation
Azizah al-Hibri Monday, 1 September 2003
Many Americans demand the Muslim world embrace a belief in a completely secular state—a view that's unacceptable in our own democracy. In order to combat ignorance in both the Islamic and Western world we must facilitate international exchanges.
On Frailty & Freedom
Chris Seiple Monday, 1 September 2003
Freedom—and religious freedom in particular—is always frail. But religious freedom is also necessary, now more than ever.
Faithfulness and the Dismal Science: An Economist Re-reads Rich Christians
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach Monday, 1 September 2003
A review of Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, by Ronald J. Sider.