Election-year Issues
Are the Democrats Getting Religion?
Stacey Pistritto Monday, 1 September 2008
A revew of The Party Faithful: How and Why Democrats Are Closing the God Gap, by Amy Sullivan; Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right, by E.J. Dionne, Jr.; and The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America, by Jim Wallis.
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Gerson's Conservatism: Heroic or Heretical?
Judd Birdsall Monday, 1 September 2008
A review of Heroic Conservatism: Why Republicans Need to Embrace American Ideals (And Why They Deserve to Fail if They Don't), by Michael Gerson.
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Engaging Communist East Asia: Recommendations for Religious Freedom
Jared Daugherty, Hien Vu Monday, 1 September 2008
U.S. policymakers should understand historical and political factors in Communist East Asia and recognize these countries' aspirations as they develop religious freedom goals and methods.
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New Cold War, New NATO, and New States in a Desecularizing Eastern Europe
Christopher Marsh Monday, 1 September 2008
Deteriorating Russian relations should prompt the U.S. to pursue a policy of constructive engagement by understanding the complexity of ethnicity, desecularization, and power politics in the region.
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A Strategy for Hearts and Minds in South and Central Asia
Peter Nasuti, Philip Reiner, Joshua White Monday, 1 September 2008
For effective strategy in South and Central Asia, the U.S. will have to integrate its policies on religious freedom, public diplomacy, and counterinsurgency—and take religious factors into account.
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Balancing Faith-Based Strategies in U.S.-Africa Policy
R. Drew Smith Monday, 1 September 2008
The PEPFAR program demonstrates the benefits and guidelines for government partnerships with faith-based organizations, and these partnerships should be expanded in other initiatives in Africa.
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Global Religious Trends: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy
Todd Johnson Monday, 1 September 2008
The percentage of religionists worldwide continues to rise despite predictions of secularization. Demographic shifts and diversity yield opportunities for diplomacy and effective foreign policy.
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The Bully Pulpit: Religion in Presidential Rhetoric
Timothy Sherratt Monday, 1 September 2008
The inescapably religious character of public discourse means the next president may employ religious rhetoric, and should do so carefully, stressing human dignity over individual freedom.
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Creation Care: Religion and Environmental Action
Dorothy Boorse Monday, 1 September 2008
Motivated by an ethic of creation care, religious environmentalists often gravitate toward issues that directly impact human populations, and responses to specific policy areas have been mixed.
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The Politics of Religion and Immigration
Ruth Melkonian-Hoover Monday, 1 September 2008
The next president needs to implement immigration reform. Data provide a nuanced picture of religious perspectives, but the balance of religious opinion decidedly supports immigrant-friendly measures.
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