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Thomas Farr
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Thomas F. Farr is Director of the Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and a Visiting Associate Professor of Religion and International Affairs at Georgetown’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. A former American diplomat and leading authority on international religious freedom, Farr has published widely,...
Thomas F. Farr is Director of the Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and a Visiting Associate Professor of Religion and International Affairs at Georgetown’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. A former American diplomat and leading authority on international religious freedom, Farr has published widely,...
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Both the practice and analysis of US foreign policy has traditionally marginalized religious questions. With the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, the Berkley Center explores the role of religion in US policy. This program gives special attention to issues of human rights and international religious freedom.
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Religion, Democracy, and US Diplomacy
This project explores the intersection of religion with US efforts to promote democracy around the world, with a focus on the challenges and opportunities facing the Obama administration. Key issues include: the role of religious communities in US democracy programs and policies; and the relationship of religion to democratic stability around the world; and how best to support democratic evolution in Muslim-majority societies, a key challenge in the wake of Obama's May 2009 Cairo speech. Project activities include two major conferences -- in fall 2009 and fall 2010 -- as well as the development of online knowledge resources that map key actors and issues.
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Report of the Georgetown Symposium on Religious Freedom and National Security Policy
October 28, 2010
This report outlines the October 28, 2010 meeting of scholars and policy makers at Georgetown University which explored the relationships between religious freedom and national security.
Report of the Georgetown Symposium on Religion, Democracy and the Foreign Policy of the Obama Administration
June 7, 2010
Among the critical foreign policy issues facing the Obama administration, few are more important than the questions surrounding democracy promotion.
On November 3, 2009, the Berkley Center gathered scholars, activists and officials from across the American political and religious spectrum to...
On November 3, 2009, the Berkley Center gathered scholars, activists and officials from across the American political and religious spectrum to...
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Religious Freedom and National Security Policy
October 28, 2010
With the growth of religious pluralism on a global scale, freedom of religion has emerged as more than a fundamental human rights issue. It also intersects with other foreign policy challenges, including political, social, and economic development. One of the most important but most poorly...
Symposium on Religion & Democracy in the Foreign Policy of the Obama Administration
November 2, 2009
This day-long event consisted of four panels, each of which examined the question of religion and democracy in U.S. foreign policy from a different perspective. The panels addressed the role of religious actors in U.S. democracy programs and policies, the "twin tolerations" and democratic...