{"id":1290,"date":"2013-07-31T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/07\/engaging-religion-at-the-department-of-state.html"},"modified":"2013-07-31T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T11:12:00","slug":"engaging-religion-at-the-department-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/07\/engaging-religion-at-the-department-of-state.html","title":{"rendered":"Engaging Religion at the Department of State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
This past week, the US Department of State\u00a0announced the creation<\/a>\u00a0of a\u00a0new office that \u201cwill focus on engagement with faith-based organizations and religious institutions around the world to strengthen US development and diplomacy and advance America\u2019s interests and values.\u201d\u00a0Citing widespread religious persecution and violence overseas, proponents of the new\u00a0office of \u201creligious engagement<\/a>\u201d hope to further institutionalize an official US commitment to globalize religious freedom, marginalize extremism, and promote interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance. There is great excitement in some quarters about the prospects for new partnerships among the US government, for the increasingly vast array of sub-contractors that work on its behalf, and for the various faith-based religious and civil society actors and institutions abroad. Yet this initiative also raises concerns regarding the intersection of religious freedom, religious establishment, and foreign policy.<\/span><\/div>\n
What are the prospects for the new office, and what are the potential implications of its efforts for the politics of religious diversity, both locally and transnationally? What assumptions about \u201creligion\u201d underlie these efforts, and what are the implications for civil society, including organizations and associations that do not self-identify as religious?<\/span><\/div>\n
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