Templeton Lectures

Faith and the Intellectual Firmament of Foreign Affairs

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2009)

Dennis Hoover Thursday, 4 June 2009

The Templeton Lectures are the product of an early and sustained investment in intellectual leadership that began to rectify the past neglect of religious factors in international relations. [FREE]

Religion and Civic Virtue at Home and Abroad

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2009)

George Gallup, Jr. Thursday, 4 June 2009

A proper understanding of society is impossible without an appreciation for the powerful religious dynamic that affects the attitudes and behavior of the populace. (1996)

Religion and Russia’s Future

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2009)

James Billington Thursday, 4 June 2009

The United States faces significant foreign policy challenges, and several of them involve Russia. Americans need better and deeper interfaith understanding to comprehend Russia's ongoing spiritual struggle. (1997)

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Religion and Globalization

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2009)

James Kurth Thursday, 4 June 2009

What will be the responses of peoples in this new era to the deep insecurities produced by globalization? America's Protestant roots have produced a secularized, individualist creed that dominates today. (1998)

The Coming Transformation of the Muslim-majority World

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2009)

Dale Eickelman Thursday, 4 June 2009

Both mass education and mass communications have had a profound effect on how people think about religion and politics throughout the Muslim-majority world. (1999)

Pope John Paul II and the Dynamics of History

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2009)

George Weigel Thursday, 4 June 2009

John Paul II has been the most politically consequential pope in centuries, and his "culture-first" reading of history is a sharp challenge to the regnant notions that politics runs history, or economics runs history. (2000)

The Sacred and the Profane: Judaism and International Relations

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2009)

Harvey Sicherman Thursday, 4 June 2009

Judaism's approach to international relations can be seen through the narrative, rules, and ideas found in the Bible; statecraft in ancient sovereign Israel; and Jewish political thought that shapes the modern state of Israel. (2001)

The Dignity of Difference: Avoiding the Clash of Civilizations

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2009)

Jonathan Sacks Thursday, 4 June 2009

In the 21^st century we need a new religious paradigm equal to the challenge of living in a diverse society. This paradigm is neither universalism nor tribalism, but a third option: the dignity of difference. (2002) [FREE]

The New Jihad and Islamic Tradition

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2009)

John Kelsay Thursday, 4 June 2009

Islamic political thought traditionally centers on two great themes: establishing a just public order and notions of honorable combat. For the last 80 years, Islamic political thought has been under stress or under dispute. (2003)

Public Theology and Democracy’s Future

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer 2009)

Max Stackhouse Thursday, 4 June 2009

The Judeo-Christian tradition offers two deeply rooted biblical themes that undergird the "principled pluralism" that presses society toward democracy: the recognition of sin and the possibility of covenant. (2004)

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