Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics

Thomas Banchoff

2008

This book explores how globalization has transformed the relationship between religious communities and contemporary policy challenges. Communications technologies have enabled the formation of stronger transnational religious identities, while the emergence of a global human rights regime has created more space for religious engagement across multiple issue areas. The volume brings together leading scholars including Kwame Anthony Appiah, R. Scott Appleby, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Katherine Marshal, and John Witte to explore the practical and theoretical implications of that engagement across issues including international development, transitional justice, and religious freedom.

Table of Contents
Contributors
     1. Introduction: Religious Pluralism in World Affairs
           Thomas Banchoff
Part I: Challenges of Religious Pluralism in a Global Era
     2. Causes of Quarrel: What's Special about Religious Disputes?
           Kwame Anthony Appiah
     3. On the Possibility of Religious Pluralism
           Pratap Bhanu Mehta
     4. Toleration, Proselytizing, and the Politics of Recognition
           Jean Bethke Elshtain
     5. The Rights and Limits of Proselytism in the New Religious World Order
           John Witte Jr.
Part II: Religious Actors in World Politics
     6. Building Sustainable Peace: The Roles of Local and Transnational Religious    Actors
           R. Scott Appleby
     7. Religious Actors and Transitional Justice
           Leslie Vinjamuri and Aaron P. Boesenecker
     8. Religion and Global Development: Intersecting Paths
           Katherine Marshall
     9. Peaceful Movements in the Muslim World
           Thomas Michel, S.J.
     10. Trans-state Muslim Movements and Militant Extremists in an Era of Soft    Power
             John O. Voll
     11. Religious Pluralism and the Politics of a Global Cloning Ban
             Thomas Banchoff
     12. U.S. Foreign Policy and Global Religious Pluralism
           Elizabeth Prodromou

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