Religion and a Human Rights Culture in America
Jeffrey Haynes Sunday, 1 June 2008
While many authors attest to the significance of religion in international relations, there is less agreement about how religion affects the foreign policy process. Religion seems especially, perhaps even exceptionally, prominent in U.S. foreign policy, which to the external observer appears somewhat ironic given that the U.S. Constitution makes it clear that there should be no institutionalized links between religion and the State. In addition, unlike several European countries, including Germany, Italy, and Sweden, where Christian Democratic parties have been influential for decades, the U.S. does not have a tradition of political parties with a religious focus.
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