Vol. 3, No. 3 (Winter 2005)

Selections in this issue mark the fortieth anniversary of the historic Vatican declaration Dignitatis Humanae, which supported religious freedom and human rights for all individuals.

The New and Not-so-new Internationalists

Dennis Hoover Thursday, 1 December 2005

To mark the fortieth anniversary of the historic Vatican declaration Dignitatis Humanae, this issue of The Review features a special theme package. [FREE]

Dignitatis Humanae and the Catholic Human Rights Revolution

Vol. 3, No. 3 (Winter 2005)

Kenneth Grasso, Robert Hunt Thursday, 1 December 2005

The promulgation of the Dignitatis Humanae text on religious freedom represented the culmination of a process of transformation of the Catholic Church's stance on human rights.

Roman Catholic Responses to Religious Persecution

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David Alton Thursday, 1 December 2005

The Vatican's affirmation of religious freedom roots individual rights in human dignity and the duty to pursue truth.

Roman Catholicism and the Faith-based Movement for Global Human Rights

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Allen Hertzke Thursday, 1 December 2005

Dignitatis Humanae is an important part of the story of a new human rights architecture in U.S. foreign policy: the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA).

Religious Realism in Foreign Policy: Lessons from Vatican II

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Thomas Farr Thursday, 1 December 2005

The U.S. democratization strategy is being compromised by the foreign policy establishment's suspicion of religion; principles articulated in the Dignitiatis Humanae can provide a corrective. [FREE]

Bacci Blessings?: Faith and Culture in Creative Tension

Vol. 3, No. 3 (Winter 2005)

Robert Seiple Thursday, 1 December 2005

The experience of Laotian Christians has much to tell us about the tension between religion and culture.

The Great Decommission: Religion's Place at the Table in Northern Ireland

Vol. 3, No. 3 (Winter 2005)

David Buckley Thursday, 1 December 2005

The participation of clergy in the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning in Belfast shows that religious people can engage politics while maintaining their integrity.

American Evangelicals' Copernican Revolution on Foreign Policy

Vol. 3, No. 3 (Winter 2005)

Matthew Scott Thursday, 1 December 2005

Similar to the way the Copernican revolution transformed prevailing notions of the center of the universe, American evangelicals are rethinking some theological principles such that they no longer see their own culture or political interests as central.

Paradise Now

Vol. 3, No. 3 (Winter 2005)

Frederica Mathewes-Green Thursday, 1 December 2005

A review of the movie Paradise Now, directed by Hany Abu-Assad.

Divine Roots of Human Rights

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Judd Birdsall Thursday, 1 December 2005

A review of Does Human Rights Need God?, edited by Elizabeth M. Bucar and Barbra Barnett.

Making Foreign Policy Moral

Vol. 3, No. 3 (Winter 2005)

Monique Beadle Thursday, 1 December 2005

A review of Liberty and Power: A Dialogue on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy in an Unjust World, edited by E.J. Dionne, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Kayla Drogosz.

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