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Home > Programs > Selected Previous Programs > The Resurgence of Religion in Politics (Public Affairs Program Series) |
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The Resurgence of Religion in Politics (Public Affairs Program Series)
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Transcripts
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Olivier Roy,
Joanne J. Myers
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11/05/07
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What we are witnessing in Europe," says Roy, "is a transformation from an ethnic
minority into a faith community. These people want to be considered as citizens
and Muslims. They don't consider themselves as a diaspora."
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Garry Wills,
Joanne J. Myers
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10/11/07
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The U.S. separation of church and state both unleashed evangelical feelings and tempered them with reason and rationality, says Wills. "Putting together the head and the heart is not easy, but we have been most successful as a country when that has happened."
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Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu,
Joanne J. Myers
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10/02/07
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The 57-member OIC has embarked on an ambitious 10-year plan, which includes setting up a 10-billion-dollar fund for poverty alleviation and eventually establishing an independent body on human rights.
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Mark Lilla,
Joanne J. Myers
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09/26/07
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"It's not contemporary Islam that's the exception," says Mark Lilla. "We are the exception. We live on the other shore from those who see political theology as the only way of life, and we need to drop the illusion that we share a common vocabulary."
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D. Michael Lindsay,
Joanne J. Myers
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09/20/07
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Evangelicals have become the new internationalists, says Lindsay, working for more American engagement abroad at both policy and grassroot levels. How does this affect America and the rest of the world?
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Muhammad Qasim Zaman
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09/18/07
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Transcript coming soon.
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Martha Nussbaum,
Joanne J. Myers
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05/03/07
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The Hindu right poses a threat to India's secular democracy, says Martha Nussbaum, and this example of the impact of religious nationalism is relevant to democracies everywhere.
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Zahid Hussain,
Joanne J. Myers
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03/12/07
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This is a tense time in Pakistan and Afghanistan, says Zahid Hussain. The Pakistan intelligence service and militant Islam are connected, Musharraf is walking a tightrope, and the Taliban is back in force in Afghanistan.
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Paul M. Barrett,
Joanne J. Myers
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03/01/07
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Over six million Muslims of different backgrounds live in the United States, and for the most part, says Paul Barrett, they are highly assimilated. But in certain areas this group has very different views of the world, and we need to understand their complexity.
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Ian Buruma,
Joanne J. Myers
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11/20/06
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What happens when political Islam collides with a secular Western European nation? Ian Buruma discusses the events that led to the brutal murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh.
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Vali Nasr,
Joanne J. Myers
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10/18/06
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Vali Nasr argues that the Shia Crescent—stretching from Lebanon and Syria through the Gulf to Iraq and Iran, finally terminating in Pakistan and India—is gathering strength in the aftermath of Saddam's fall.
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Philip Jenkins,
Joanne J. Myers
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10/11/06
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By 2025, Africa and Latin America will have the largest number of Christians in the world, says Philip Jenkins, and theirs is a different Christianity from that commonly found in the Global North.
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John Danforth,
Joanne J. Myers
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09/20/06
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Religious people should engage in politics, argues Senator John Danforth, "but there is a difference between engaging in politics and transforming politics and government into an extension or an enforcer of your religious point of view."
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Milton Viorst,
Joanne J. Myers
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05/09/06
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In order to understand the Arab mistrust of the United States and of the West in general, we must examine the turbulent history of the relations between the Christian and Muslim world, particularly the clashes and betrayals since World War I.
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Jere Van Dyk,
Milton Viorst
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05/09/06
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"This is not a new war," says Viorst. "It’s the latest chapter in a war that has been going on between two great cultures, Islamic Eastern and the Christian West, for 1,400 years."
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Shirin Ebadi,
Joanne J. Myers
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05/01/06
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Dr. Ebadi discusses Iran's human rights situation, including gender and religious discrimination, and restrictions on freedom of expression. While democracy is incomplete, she says, it cannot be imposed from without, but must develop from within.
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Philip Jenkins,
Jere Van Dyk
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04/20/06
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"What happens between 1974 and 1980?" asks Jenkins. "I argue that there is a shift in political culture, political rhetoric, which is in a generally conservative direction, although sometimes the people who are pushing that conservatism might label themselves liberals or Democrats."
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Philip Jenkins,
Joanne J. Myers
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04/20/06
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In a wide-ranging talk, Professor Jenkins argues that the mid-to-late 1970s were a crucial turning point in religious and political landscapes around the world.
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Jytte Klausen,
Joanne J. Myers
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04/06/06
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Based on her interviews with over 300 Muslim leaders in Europe, Klausen argues that European Muslims are overwhelmingly liberal in outlook. Their essential goal, she says, is to build a European Islam independent of the Islamic countries.
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Olivier Roy,
Joanne J. Myers
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03/30/06
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The spread of Islam around the globe has blurred the connection between a
religion, a specific society, and a territory, says Roy. Accordingly
neofundamentalism has been gaining ground among rootless Muslim youth,
particularly among the 2nd and 3rd generation migrants in the West.
This phenomenon is feeding new forms of radicalism.
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Gershom Gorenberg,
Joanne J. Myers
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03/20/06
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Gershom Gorenberg discusses the history of the Israeli settlements and examines the roadblocks that continue to frustrate the establishment of peaceful relations with the Palestinians.
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Michael J. Sandel,
Shashi Tharoor,
Joanne J. Myers
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03/08/06
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"There is an allergy among liberals and progressives to using substantive moral, and even religious, arguments in politics," says Dr. Sandel. "Yet it's often not possible, and in any case not desirable, to separate political argument from moral and religious argument."
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Yitzhak Nakash,
Joanne J. Myers
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03/06/06
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Professor Yitzhak Nakash presents in great detail the history of the Shi'a branch of Islam, including an analysis of the tenuous political process in post-Saddam Iraq.
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Steven Waldman,
Joanne J. Myers
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02/15/06
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Steven Waldman, founder of the website belief.net.com, presents some surprising conclusions about how beliefs affect voting in the United States.
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John L. Allen,
Joanne J. Myers
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12/14/05
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Author John Allen debunks some of the myths that surround Opus Dei, the prelature of the Roman Catholic Church that promotes the sanctity of ordinary daily work. Allen also explains Opus Dei's history, goals, and practices.
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Robert Wuthnow,
Joanne J. Myers
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10/11/05
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Are we willing to do the hard work required to achieve genuine religious pluralism?
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Elisabeth Sifton,
Joel H. Rosenthal
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09/20/05
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Reinhold Niebuhr's daughter reviews her father's legacy and concludes that many of today's Christian leaders are ignoring the radical truths he espoused.
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George Weigel,
Joanne J. Myers
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09/15/05
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George Weigel ponders the growing—and to him acutely disturbing—secularity of Europe, which he believes raises urgent questions about the future of democracy worldwide.
Audios
The U.S. separation of church and state both unleashed evangelical feelings and tempered them with reason and rationality, says Wills. "Putting together the head and the heart is not easy, but we have been most successful as a country when that has happened."
It's not contemporary Islam that's the exception," says Mark Lilla. "We are the exception. We live on the other shore from those who see political theology as the only way of life, and we need to drop the illusion that we share a common vocabulary."
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D. Michael Lindsay
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09/20/07
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Evangelicals have become the new internationalists, says Lindsay, working at both policy and grassroot levels for more American engagement abroad. How does this affect America and the rest of the world?
"If we really want to understand the impact of religious nationalism on democratic values, India currently provides a troubling example, and one without which any more general understanding of the phenomenon is dangerously incomplete."
Over six million Muslims of different backgrounds live in the United States, and for the most part, says Paul Barrett, they are highly assimilated. But in certain areas this group has very different views of the world, and we need to understand their complexity.
Vali Nasr argues that the Shia Crescent—stretching from Lebanon and Syria through the Gulf to Iraq and Iran, finally terminating in Pakistan and India—is gathering strength in the aftermath of Saddam's fall.
By the year 2025, Africa and Latin America will have the largest number of Christians in the world, says Philip Jenkins, and this is a different kind of Christianity from that which we are used to in the Global North.
Based on years of political experience and a life of religious service, former senator John Danforth calls for ways in which to focus on common ground.
In order to understand the Arab mistrust of the United States and of the West in general , we must study the turbulent history of the relations between the Christian and Muslim world, particularly the clashes and betrayals since World War I.
In a wide-ranging talk, Professor Jenkins argues that the mid-to-late 1970s were a crucial turning point in religious and political landscapes around the world.
Based on her interviews with over 300 Muslim leaders in Europe, Jytte Klausen argues that European Muslims are overwhelmingly liberal in outlook. She says that for Muslims in Europe the biggest priority is to build a European Islam, independent of the Islamic countries.
Roy looks at how Islam is becoming a globalized religion, less linked to culture than many in the West presume. This shift in identity is important to understand if governments are to be effective and just in setting immigration and integration policies, and in combatting terrorists.
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Gershom Gorenberg
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03/20/06
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Gershom Gorenberg discusses the history of the Israeli settlements and examines the roadblocks that continue to frustrate the establishment of peaceful relations with the Palestinians.
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Michael J. Sandel
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03/08/06
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"There is an allergy among liberals and progressives to using substantive moral, and even religious, arguments in politics," says Dr. Sandel. "Yet it's often not possible, and in any case not desirable, to separate political argument from moral and religious argument."
Steven Waldman, founder of the website beliefnet.com, presents some surprising conclusions about how beliefs affect voting in the United States.
Author John Allen debunks some of the myths that surround Opus Dei, the prelature of the Roman Catholic Church that promotes the sanctity of ordinary daily work. Allen also explains Opus Dei's history, goals, and practices.
Are we willing to do the hard work required to achieve genuine religious pluralism?
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Elisabeth Sifton
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09/20/05
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Reinhold Niebuhr's daughter reviews her father's legacy and concludes that many of today's Christian leaders are ignoring the radical truths he espoused.
George Weigel ponders the growing—and to him acutely disturbing—secularity of Europe, which he believes raises urgent questions about the future of democracy worldwide.
Videos
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D. Michael Lindsay
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12/07/07
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Evangelicals have become the new internationalists, says Lindsay, working at both policy and grassroot levels for more American engagement abroad. How does this affect America and the rest of the world?
Religious people should engage in politics, argues Senator John Danforth, "but there is a difference between engaging in politics and transforming politics and government into an extension or an enforcer of your religious point of view."
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Milton Viorst,
Jere Van Dyk
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05/09/06
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"This is not a new war," says Viorst. "It’s the latest chapter in a war that has been going on between two great cultures, Islamic Eastern and the Christian West, for 1,400 years."
In order to understand the Arab mistrust of the United States and of the West in general, we must study the turbulent history of the relations between the Christian and Muslim world, particularly the clashes and betrayals since World War I.
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Philip Jenkins,
Jere Van Dyk
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04/20/06
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"What happens between 1974 and 1980?" asks Jenkins. "I argue that there is a shift in political culture, political rhetoric, which is in a generally conservative direction, although sometimes the people who are pushing that conservatism might label themselves liberals or Democrats."
In a wide-ranging talk, Professor Jenkins argues that the mid-to-late 1970s were a crucial turning point in religious and political landscapes around the world.
Roy looks at how Islam is becoming a globalized religion, less linked to culture than many in the West presume. This shift in identity is important to understand if governments are to be effective and just in setting immigration and integration policies, and in combatting terrorists.
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