The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security breaks new ground by exploring global security through the lens of religion and examining its role in both conflict and peace. While public concern about the influence of religion in modern violence has surged in recent years, there has been limited academic focus on the intersection of religion […]
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International Religious Freedom Advocacy serves as a comprehensive guide for activists and policymakers, providing essential insights into the governmental institutions, NGOs, and legal frameworks that protect religious liberties worldwide. This unique resource begins with an overview of international legal protections and goes on to explore the workings of key global bodies such as the United […]
A newly released volume, Religious Freedom and Populism: The Appropriation of a Human Right and How to Counter It, tackles the growing global threat of populism to human rights, particularly the right to freedom of religion or belief. The book’s contributors analyze how populist movements, especially those from the far-right, appropriate and distort this fundamental […]
Excerpt| Book Excerpts, International Relations and Foreign Policy, Political Science and Theory, Religion and Theology Today, a scourge of religious persecution is impacting every faith community around the globe. In Ending Persecution: Charting the Path to Global Religious Freedom, author H. Knox Thames takes readers to some of the world’s most repressive countries in the Middle East and Asia, exposing […]