RELATED NEWS
April 29, 2013Timothy Shah Presents Paper on Religious Freedom, Democratization, and Economic Development
April 11, 2013
Pope Francis and Religious Freedom
April 8, 2013
Tom Farr in Spanish Translation of <em>Voices: The Lay State and Religious Liberty</em>
March 7, 2013
Interview with Allen Hertzke on the Future of Religious Freedom
March 4, 2013
Religious Persecution in the Middle East
February 12, 2013
Rick Warren on Religious Freedom
January 23, 2013
Roger Trigg Writes on Europe's Recent Religious Freedom Cases
January 23, 2013
Daniel Philpott’s <em>Just and Unjust Peace</em> Wins <em>Christianity Today</em> Book Award
January 17, 2013
Watch Video of Tom Farr's <em>Common Sense Society</em> Debate on Religious Freedom
January 17, 2013
Rick Warren on Religious Freedom
December 28, 2012
Christianity Sourcebook
December 18, 2012
Mona Siddiqui Edits New Routledge Reader on Christian-Muslim Relations
AT THE CENTER
CENTER NEWS
May 20, 2013Tom Farr's Presentation at the Common Word Conference on April 24
May 20, 2013
Roger Trigg Explores the Links between Philosophy of Religion and Religious Marginalization
RELATED RESOURCES ON CHRISTIAN
Religious Freedom in the Wake of the Arab Spring
Despite the solidarity Egyptians displayed in the Tahrir Square protests that sparked the Arab Spring, subsequent months have witnessed a dangerous increase in violence against religious minorities, especially the Coptic Christian community. As Egypt, Tunisia, and now Libya seek to construct new democratic governments, their respective approaches to religion-state issues will be critical to their success. Can these and other democratic aspirants in the region hope for stability without granting religious freedom to all their citizens? Or is the notion of religious freedom a Western concept, inapplicable to countries with different histories and cultures?
>> more
Publication
Citizens or Martyrs? The Uncertain Fate of Christians in the Arab Spring
2011
A tense subplot of the Arab Spring is the increasing endangerment of the region’s Christians. In Egypt, Coptic Christians, 10% of the population, have been attacked repeatedly by Salafist Muslims unleashed – many literally released from prison -- by the fall of President Hosni Mubarak. No wonder...
Event
What's So Special About Religious Freedom?
November 17, 2011
Religious freedom has been called America’s “first freedom.” But does it warrant such a special status? What, if anything, distinguishes religious freedom from other protected rights like the freedom of speech or assembly? Is religious freedom a right that stands on its own, or is it a subset of...
Scholar Essays
Daniel Philpott on Islam: A Friend or Foe of Democracy in the New Egypt?
June 3, 2011
Will Islam impel or impede democracy in Egypt? There is probably no question whose answer is less clear and more hotly debated than this one in the context of Egypt’s current transition. It is worth remembering that, especially in the Islamic world, democratic institutions that involve elections...
Monica Duffy Toft on Three Models of Religious Freedom for the New Egypt
June 3, 2011
As the heady days of public demonstrations fade into history, key questions about Egypt’s future remain. Will Egypt move towards a more open democratic system? Will the rights of religious minorities (e.g. atheists, Copts, non-Muslims, secularists) be respected? Or, will Egypt move toward a...
Roger Trigg on Religious Freedom in Egypt
June 3, 2011
As Egypt moves towards democracy, the issue of religious freedom is of central importance. Such freedom has to be at the root of all democracy. If individuals are not free to hold or put into practice beliefs about what is most important in life, and what is most worth pursuing, they cannot...
Timothy Samuel Shah on a Fully Free Egypt
June 3, 2011
There will be no moving toward a truly free and stable democracy in Egypt unless Egypt also moves toward religious freedom. But what does it mean to insist that Egypt move to respect religious freedom in its current political transition? On May 19, 2011, President Obama—to his credit—talked...
William Inboden on US Religious Freedom Policy in the New Egypt
June 3, 2011
The Obama Administration’s challenges in responding to the Arab Spring fall into two categories. The first is developing an actual region-wide strategy for these unprecedented upheavals. The Administration’s responses to the convulsions thus far can charitably be described as ad hoc and reactive....