The Call of Covenantal Pluralism: Defeating Religious Nationalism with Faithful Patriotism
These are difficult times. What we are witnessing worldwide today is not a new thing, but the latest iteration...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Call of Covenantal Pluralism: Defeating Religious Nationalism with Faithful Patriotism
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Templeton Lecture on Religion and World Affairs
Defeating Religious Nationalism with Faithful Patriotism
One of the nation’s foremost experts on the intersection of faith and international affairs, Chris Seiple has traveled the...
Of Little Green Men and Long Black Robes: The Role of the Orthodox Church in the Conflict in Ukraine
It is an honor to have been invited to present the twenty-first Templeton Lecture on Religion and World Affairs...
Of Little Green Men and Long Black Robes: The Role of the Orthodox Church in the Conflict in Ukraine
Since February 2014, the conflict in Ukraine has split the country in half. With the seizure of Crimea and...
How We Misunderstand the Sources of Religious Violence
In these days and in this country, when most people hear the phrase “sources of religious violence,” they tend...
How We Misunderstand the Sources of Religious Violence
Few scholars can easily traverse the fields of religion and international relations: those who have a grounding in one or...
Islam in China
Xingjiang, the predominantly Muslim northwestern province of China, has been the scene of clashes between Uighurs and the Chinese...
The State Of International Religious Freedom and Why It Matters
Abstract One of America’s—more precisely, one of Philadelphia’s—greatest contributions to the world is freedom of conscience, the idea that...
Attacking America: Al Qaeda’s Grand Strategy in Its War with the World
Defining what precisely is meant by grand strategy and how al Qaeda, in particular, views grand strategy is vital...
Attacking America: Al-Qaida’s Grand Strategy in its War with the World
In this preview of her forthcoming book, Mary Habeck explores the underpinnings of Al Qaeda’s grand strategy, and what...