TOPICS
IslamIslam is a religious tradition stressing submission to God according to the revelations to the prophet Muhammad (570/571-632 CE), whom Muslims hold to be the last in a line...
BuddhismBuddhism is a religion based on the spiritual and moral precepts of Siddhārtha Gautama (c. 5th century BCE), a teacher known as the Buddha, who stressed liberation from the...
Religion in China and the United States 中美宗教 The last three decades have seen a steady improvement in US-China relations, but religion remains a difficult issue. This bilingual website illuminates differences rooted...
India
Religion has consistently played an important and contentious role in Indian politics and society. The country has a long history of religious diversity; it has given rise...
Religion has consistently played an important and contentious role in Indian politics and society. The country has a long history of religious diversity; it has given rise...
Russia
Religion in Russia has undergone a revitalization since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Russian Orthodox Church developed symbiotically with the emergent Russian...
Religion in Russia has undergone a revitalization since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Russian Orthodox Church developed symbiotically with the emergent Russian...
United States
The United States is a secular democracy with a culture rooted in its majority Christian tradition. Religious dissidents from Europe, particularly Puritans from England,...
The United States is a secular democracy with a culture rooted in its majority Christian tradition. Religious dissidents from Europe, particularly Puritans from England,...
China
China has a long tradition of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, which have undergone a revival due to many of the government’s restrictions on religious practice having...
China has a long tradition of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, which have undergone a revival due to many of the government’s restrictions on religious practice having...
SUB-TOPICS
Religion and Politics in the US
This bilingual collection features key quotes on religion from past and contemporary American presidents. It also offers information about different government agencies...
This bilingual collection features key quotes on religion from past and contemporary American presidents. It also offers information about different government agencies...
Chinese Leaders on Religion
This bilingual collection features key quotes on religion from past and contemporary Chinese leaders.
该双语信息集汇总了中国前任和现任领导人对宗教的重要论述。
This bilingual collection features key quotes on religion from past and contemporary Chinese leaders.
该双语信息集汇总了中国前任和现任领导人对宗教的重要论述。
Chinese Religious Organizations
This bilingual collection highlights the key Chinese religious organizations that officially represent the Christian and Islamic faith communities in China.
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This bilingual collection highlights the key Chinese religious organizations that officially represent the Christian and Islamic faith communities in China.
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US Faith-Based Organizations
This bilingual website features major US-based faith-inspired organizations. Their work in social service and international development often means they serve as de facto...
This bilingual website features major US-based faith-inspired organizations. Their work in social service and international development often means they serve as de facto...
US Religious Communities
This bilingual collection highlights major US-based Christian and Jewish religious communities and the organizations through which they offer a cooperative voice on...
This bilingual collection highlights major US-based Christian and Jewish religious communities and the organizations through which they offer a cooperative voice on...
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PUBLICATIONS (3)
2008 Undergraduate Fellows Report: A Leap of Faith: Interreligious Marriage in America
December 31, 2008
December 31, 2008
INTERVIEWS (71)
A Discussion with Sulak Sivaraksa, Founder, Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Melbourne
December 5, 2009
December 5, 2009
A Discussion with Gene Reeves, Consultant, Rissho Kosei-kai and the Niwano Peace Foundation
November 25, 2009
November 25, 2009
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Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights
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In Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights, editors Thomas Banchoff and Robert Wuthnow bring together leading scholars to explore the religious politics of human rights across the world's major regions, political systems, and faith traditions. Contributors like Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Alfred Stepan, Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, and Robert W. Hefner probe whether human rights are universal or culturally bound, the role of democracy in protecting human rights, and whether it might be legitimate for external actors to impose their understandings of human rights upon particular countries. The book also focuses on controversial topics like human rights in Islam, Falun Gong in China, and religion in the former Soviet Union, offering policymakers advice for dealing with the challenging interaction of human rights and religion in practice.
Thomas Banchoff
Thomas Banchoff is director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and professor in the Government Department and the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. His research centers on religious and ethical issues in...
Thomas Banchoff
Thomas Banchoff is director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and professor in the Government Department and the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. His research centers on religious and ethical issues in...