Religion and foreign affairs

Machine generated contents note: 1. Religion and the Global Agenda: From the Margins to the Mainstream? / Douglas M. Johnston -- SECTION I Secularization, Desecularization, and the Disciplines of International Affairs -- 2. The Meaning of Secularism / Charles Taylor -- 3. The Desecularization of the World: A Global Overview / Peter L. Berger -- 4. The Challenge of September 11 to Secularism in International Relations / Daniel Philpott -- 5. Rethinking the Role of Religion in Changing Public Spheres: Some Comparative Perspectives / Rosalind I.J. Hackett -- 6. Kicking the Secularist Habit: A Six-Step Program / David Brooks -- SECTION II Theoretical Foundations from Antiquity -- 7."Melian Dialogue": History of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides -- 8. The Return of Ancient Times: Why the Warrior Politics of the Twenty-First Century Will Demand a Pagan Ethos / Robert D. Kaplan -- 9. Unrealistic Realism: A Reflection on Robert D. Kaplan's "Warrior Politics" / Dennis R. Hoover --^ 10. Excerpts from Book 19: City of God / Augustine -- 11. Augustine's Political Realism / Reinhold Niebuhr -- 12."Really Existing" Scriptures: On the Use of Sacred Text in International Affairs / John A. Rees -- 13. Isaiah's Vision of Human Security: Virtue-Ethics and International Politics / Scott M. Thomas -- SECTION III Ethics of Force -- 14. Of War (Four Articles): Summa Theologica / Thomas Aquinas -- 15. Just War Tradition: Is It Credible? / John Howard Yoder -- 16. Moral Clarity in a Time of War / George Weigel -- 17. War and Statecraft: An Exchange / George Weigel -- 18. Torture: A Just War Perspective / James Turner Johnson -- 19. The New Jihad and Islamic Tradition / John Kelsay -- SECTION IV Religion and Conflict -- 20. Terror Mandated by God / Mark Juergensmeyer -- 21. The Clash of Civilizations? / Samuel P. Huntington -- 22. Challenging Huntington / Jarle Crocker -- 23. Memo to the State: Religion and Security / Chris Seiple --^ 24. The Politics of Persecuted Religious Minorities / Philip Jenkins -- 25. Religious Freedom: Good for What Ails Us? / Brian J. Grim -- 26. How Shall We Study Religion and Conflict?: Challenges and Opportunities in the Early Twenty-First Century / Matt Correa -- SECTION V Religion and Peacemaking -- 27. Religion and Global Affairs: Religious "Militants for Peace" / R. Scott Appleby -- 28. Faith-Based Diplomacy: An Ancient Idea Newly Emergent / Daniel Philpott -- 29. Military Chaplains: Bridging Church and State / Douglas M. Johnston -- 30. Religion

Year

2012

Language

English

Publisher

Baylor University Press

Editions

1

Pages

619

ISBN

9781602582422

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