Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics

2008

This book explores how globalization has transformed the relationship between religious communities and contemporary policy challenges. Communications technologies have enabled the formation of stronger transnational religious identities, while the emergence of a global human rights regime has created more space for religious engagement across multiple issue areas. The volume brings together leading scholars including Kwame Anthony Appiah, R. Scott Appleby, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Katherine Marshall and John Witte to explore the practical and theoretical implications of that enagement across issues including international development, transitional justice, and religious freedom.

Table of Contents
Contributors
   1. Introduction: Religious Pluralism in World Affairs
       Thomas Banchoff
Part I: Challenges of Religious Pluralism in a Global Era
   2. Causes of Quarrel: What's Special about Religious Disputes?
       Kwame Anthony Appiah
   3. On the Possibility of Religious Pluralism
       Pratap Bhanu Mehta
   4. Toleration, Proselytizing, and the Politics of Recognition
       Jean Bethke Elshtain
   5. The Rights and Limits of Proselytism in the New Religious World Order
       John Witte Jr.
Part II: Religious Actors in World Politics
   6. Building Sustainable Peace: The Roles of Local and Transnational Religious Actors
       R. Scott Appleby
   7. Religious Actors and Transitional Justice
       Leslie Vinjamuri and Aaron P. Boesenecker
   8. Religion and Global Development: Intersecting Paths
       Katherine Marshall
   9. Peaceful Movements in the Muslim World
       Thomas Michel, S.J.
   10. Trans-state Muslim Movements and Militant Extremists in an Era of Soft Power
         John O. Voll
   11. Religious Pluralism and the Politics of a Global Cloning Ban
         Thomas Banchoff
   12. U.S. Foreign Policy and Global Religious Pluralism
         Elizabeth Prodromou

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