Berkley Center

In the Review of Faith & International Affairs, Thomas Farr argues that U.S. democratization strategy is being compromised by the foreign policy establishment's suspicion of religion, and the principles articulated in the Dignitiatis Humanae can provide an important corrective to America's faltering effort to foster Islamic democracy. A full understanding that the search for religious truth is a universal part of human nature and necessary for human flourishing would lead to greater practical incorporation of religious ideas, leaders, and dialogues in foreign policy, evident especially in better integration of the State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom.