Dignitatis Humanae and Religious Freedom in American Foreign Policy: A Practitioner's Perspective

In his contribution to the book After Forty Years: Vatican Council II's Diverse Legacy (St. Augustine Press 2007), Thomas Farr explores the impact American theology on the Declaration on Religious Liberty (Dignitatis Humanae) and argues that the principles espoused by the document are those that should guide American foreign policy on this important topic. He argues that democratic religious liberty should consistently challenge theocracy and extremism, but never religion itself.