The influence of faith : religious groups and U.S. foreign policy /

The influence of faith : religious groups and U.S. foreign policy / [print] edited by Elliott Abrams. - Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, (c)2001. - x, 237 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographies and index.

Religion in the history of U.S. foreign policy /Leo P. Ribuffo. Comment /Nathan Tarcov -- Religious freedom and U.S. foreign policy : categories and choices /J. Bryan Hehir. Comment /Robert Kagan -- Religious persecution and religious relevance in today's world /Samuel P. Huntington. Comment /George Weigel -- The political sociology of the crusade against religious persecution /Allen D. Hertzke. Comment /Norman J. Ornstein -- China's Christian connections /Charles Homer. Comment /Arthur Waldron -- Political Islam and the roots of violence /Habib C. Malik. Comment /Daniel Pipes -- The rise of Christian mission and relief agencies /Paul E. Pierson. Comment /Gerald H. Anderson,Leo P. Ribuffo -- Faith-based NGOs and U.S. foreign policy /Mark R. Amstutz,Andrew S. Natsios. Comment /Allen D. Hertzke -- Faith-based NGOs and the government embrace /Stephen V. Monsma. Comment /Michael R. Wiest.

The "Influence of Faith" examines the American reaction to the persecution of Christians and Jews overseas, as well as the role of faith-based groups such as missionary and relief organizations in the formulation and implementation of U.S. policy. [This book] considers these timely issues from diverse points of view, offering broad historical analysis as well as concrete examples taken from current affairs. ;



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