The Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs Summary Report

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1 The Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs Summary Report A collaboration between the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University Supported by the Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs

2 About the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Founded in 1919 to educate students and prepare them for leadership roles in international affairs, the School of Foreign Service conducts an undergraduate program for over 1,300 students and graduate programs at the Master s level for more than 700 students. Under the leadership of Dean Carol J. Lancaster, the School houses more than a dozen regional and functional programs that offer courses, conduct research, host events, and contribute to the intellectual development of the field of international affairs. A 2012 survey of faculty published in Foreign Policy ranked Georgetown University as #1 in Master s degree programs in international relations. About the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University, created within the Office of the President in 2006, is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of religion, ethics, and public life. Through research, teaching, and service, the Center explores global challenges of democracy and human rights; economic and social development; international diplomacy; and interreligious understanding. Two premises guide the Center s work: that a deep examination of faith and values is critical to address these challenges, and that the open engagement of religious and cultural traditions with one another can promote peace. About the Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs Announced in 2005, the Luce Foundation s Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs seeks to deepen American understanding of religion as a critical but often neglected factor in international policy issues, despite growing awareness of religion as a potent cultural, political, and economic force in societies around the globe on issues ranging from development and democracy to health and human rights. To this end, the initiative funds a competitive grants program in support of academic proposals for the study of religion and politics, as well as a project grants program that provides existing academic, public policy, and media institutions with additional financial resources. 2 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

3 THE LUCE/SFS PROGRAM ON RELIGION AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS For the past five years, the Henry R. Luce Foundation and Georgetown University have been jointly exploring a vital but inadequately understood dimension of America s international relations the role of religion. The Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs, a collaboration between the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, has supported a wide range of teaching, research, and outreach activities. Our goal has been to provide the academic and policymaking communities with the tools they need to better navigate the intersection of faith with global policy challenges of diplomacy, development, democracy, and human rights. A leading team of faculty has been a key to the program s success. Katherine Marshall, leader of the World Bank s initiatives on faith, ethics, and development before coming to Georgetown, and Thomas Farr, who previously served as the founding director of the State Department s Office of International Religious Freedom, have directed the Luce-supported Religion and Global Development programs and US Foreign Policy and Religion, respectively. Eric Patterson, a former White House Fellow, has led our Government Outreach/ Short Courses for Policy Professionals program. A fourth area of Luce/SFS programming, the development of Religion and International Affairs Networks, has been headed by Center Director Tom Banchoff and José Casanova, a Senior Fellow and leading scholar on religion and globalization. This report highlights major Luce/SFS activities of the past five years, including four new courses; 28 conferences, symposia, and seminars; 10 global workshops; 37 reports; 20 case studies; nine film guides; 40+ briefings for military and state department officials; 200+ practitioner interviews; and a suite of online knowledge resources. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SER- VICE AND THE LUCE FOUNDATION HAS STRENGTHENED OUR OUTREACH TO THE WASHINGTON, D.C. POLICY COMMUNITY IN THE CRITICAL BUT STILL POORLY UNDERSTOOD AREA OF RELIGION AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. DR. CAROL J. LANCASTER DEAN, EDMUND A. WALSH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE SUMMARY REPORT 3

4 CONTENTS 1 PROGRAM OVERVIEW 2 RELIGION AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT 3 RELIGION AND US FOREIGN POLICY 4 GOVERNMENT OUTREACH/TEACHING RESOURCES 5 RELIGION AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NETWORKS 6 PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

5 PROGRAM OVERVIEW The Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs has promoted research, teaching, and outreach across four areas: Religion and Global Development Under the leadership of Katherine Marshall, this program area has explored the role of faith-inspired groups and ideas in addressing contemporary challenges of economic and social development around the world. Its components include two new courses on religion, ethics, and development, six global workshops, six issue consultations, 22 reports, more than 200+ in-depth interviews with practitioners, and the development of the Religion and Development Database. Religion and US Foreign Policy This program area has examined the complex role of religion in US foreign policy, both as a domestic political context and an international issue. Led by Thomas Farr, its key components have included two new courses; symposia on key countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, and Israel); symposia on the origins, trajectory, and future of US international religious freedom policy; and research and outreach on the role of religion in the foreign policy of the Obama administration and controversy surrounding proselytism worldwide. Government Outreach/Teaching Resources Coordinated by Eric Patterson, this program area has involved the development of teaching resources and short courses for US government and military officials designed to improve their knowledge of religion as it intersects with foreign policy and global issues. The short courses consist of a series of case studies, film guides, and country overviews that address the role of religion around critical issue areas. Collaboration has included the National Defense University, US military chaplains, and regional combatant commands. Religion and International Affairs Networks Under the leadership of Thomas Banchoff and José Casanova, the Luce/SFS program has sought to connect academics and practitioners working at the intersection of religion and world affairs across the globe and convened scholars and foundation and media leaders in Berlin, Oxford, Beijing, and Shanghai. Online resources map organizations, programs, and individuals working on religion 5 and international affairs in the US and around the world SUMMARY REPORT 5

6 RELIGION AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AT A GLANCE: KATHERINE MARSHALL, FACULTY LEADER 14 SYMPOSIA AND GLOBAL WORKSHOPS 28 REPORTS 200+ PRACTITIONER INTERVIEWS RELIGION AND DEVELOPMENT DATABASE PROGRAM GOALS The worlds of religion and of economic and social development are often seen as distinct. Faith communities and development professionals interact little, despite their shared concern with health, education, and poverty and humanitarian relief worldwide. Through its events, reports, and online resources, the Religion and Development Program has brought these communities together to identify shared areas of interest, best practices, and new forms of cooperation. FACULTY LEADER: KATHERINE MARSHALL Katherine Marshall is a senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and a visiting associate professor in the Department of Government. After a long career in the development field, including several leadership positions at the World Bank, Marshall moved to Georgetown in 2006, where she directs the Berkley Center s program on religion and global development. She helped to create and now serves as the executive director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue. April 2007 Washington, DC, Workshop on Faith-Inspired Organizations and Development December 2007 Doha, Qatar, Workshop of Faith and Development in the Muslim World November 2007 Issue Consultation: HIV/AIDS April 2008 Issue Consultation: Faith, Gender, and Development June 2008 The Hague, Netherlands, Workshop on Faith and Development in Europe and Africa October 2008 Issue Consultation: Governance October 2008 Issue Consultation: Shelter December 2008 Issue Consultation: Malaria January 2009 Antigua, Guatemala, Workshop on Faith and Development in Latin America December 2009 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Workshop on Faith and Development in Southeast Asia June 2010 Issue Consultation: Tuberculosis March 2011 Issue Consultation: Water and Sanitation January 2011 Dhaka, Bangladesh, Workshop on Faith and Development in South and Central Asia June 2011 Issue Consultation: Maternal Mortality November 2012 Religion and Global Development Capstone Conference 6 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

7 Faith-Based Practitioners Interview Series The interview series asks leaders in the field the fundamental question, What is the role of faith in your work? Over 200 in-depth conversations with activists and policy specialists have been assembled, examining best practices and collaborative strategies across a range of contemporary challenges, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, education, governance, and gender. Issue Surveys This multi-year survey of critical issues at the intersection of religion and development has tracked the engagement of faith-inspired organizations around a set of core policy challenges, with an emphasis on ethical commitments and best practices. The project addressed HIV/AIDS, gender, shelter, governance, malaria, tuberculosis, water and sanitation, and maternal mortality. Global Mapping Project The global mapping exercise captured the activities of faith-inspired organizations across world regions through a series of background reports, in-depth interviews with practitioners, and global workshops. Project reviews focused on the United States, the Muslim World, Europe and Africa, Central and South America, Southeast Asia, and South and Central Asia. Religion and Development Database This online resource provides a mapping of activities at the intersection of religion and socio-economic development worldwide. It provides an interactive overview of key faith-inspired organizations, programs, and practitioners, as well as major events and consultations. Users can navigate the site by world region and by topic areas including HIV/AIDS, gender, malaria, shelter, and governance SUMMARY REPORT 7

8 Faith-Inspired Development Work: Lessons Learned and Next Steps In November 2011, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) convened a one-day event to reflect on the Luce/SFS five-year program on Religion and Global Development. The capstone consultation took stock of the project s results, explored their significance in the light of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and looked towards next steps. THE JOINT BERKLEY CENTER/HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FORUM THAT WE ORGANIZED ON FAITH COOPERATION AROUND SHELTER IN 2006 HAS BEEN EXTREMELY USEFUL TO US AT HABITAT. IN A SENSE, IT HAS BEEN A SPRINGBOARD FOR MUCH OF THE INTER- FAITH WORK THAT WE DO TODAY. TOM JONES AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY The participants praised the program s work in raising the visibility of connections between religion and development worldwide and in networking scholars and practitioners across a range of issue areas, including HIV/AIDS and tuberculolsis. There was general agreement that religion is a complex category, and that it is difficult to distinguish religious from faith-based and faith-inspired organizations and initiatives in practice. Participants also expressed a continuing concern about how difficult it is proving to integrate the voices and experience of religion in mainstream development work. A host of suspicions and preconceptions still prevent even savvy practitioners from mining this resource because they fear both the complexities and the tensions they associate with secular-religious partnerships. Against the backdrop of these concerns there was wide agreement that, given the centrality of religious institutions for social cohesion and the delivery of education, health, and other services in the developing world, further efforts to identify best practices at the intersection of religion development and to network practitioners will be critical in the years ahead. From left: Andrew Natsios, Katherine Marshall, Mark Juergensmeyer, Patrice Brodeur, and Elias Szczytnicki 8 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

9 Lessons from the Religion and Development Program - Katherine Marshall Ethics is the lingua franca of religious actors. Their views about development have been forged by decades, if not centuries, of engagement in poor communities and development s complexities are never far away. These two invaluable assets underscore the anomaly and irony that religion as a focus, a field, and a lens was until recently largely invisible in the professional discourse about development. Religion is vitally important for many, if not most, poor people and core values also inspire and motivate those who are drawn to development institutions and work, but textbooks, reports, and debates rarely even mentioned the word. The Luce-supported Religion and Development program set out to map religious roles in development, starting from the practical work on the ground but always with the core ethical challenges in mind. The hypotheses guiding this five-year investigation were: that a vast wealth of experience and knowledge about religious engagement on development is barely acknowledged in mainstream development circles; that this work, if understood and appreciated, could offer a host of ideas to enrich understandings of development challenges and guide work towards greater impact; and that with knowledge and understanding faith-inspired and secular development actors could better navigate the ethical shoals and help point the way towards decent lives, not only for poor communities, but for all citizens. The Berkley Center s work focused on three segments. First, appreciating that large regional differences are critical to the ways in which religion and religiously inspired actors work towards economic and social development, six regional reviews looked at who does what, where, with what resources, to what ends, and with what impact. Each review mined available documents, academic and operational. But more important, in retrospect, were interviews with those directly involved that probed their experience, motivations, and issues. Consultation events based on reviews and prior discussions were a nucleus of the effort. Second, a similar set of reviews and consultations explored eight priority development topics, beginning with HIV and AIDS and ending with water. Third, the insight from early interviews inspired a disciplined effort to capture interviews in a manner that could last and be available to practitioners and scholars. The tangible results include 28 reports, over 200 written interviews (most available on the Center s website), and a dynamic network of practitioners eager to pursue the work. The reviews and interviews confirmed our hypotheses about the richness and relevance of religious experience in development. The real-world efforts that we explored are often outstanding and paradigm-shifting but in some instances they remain fragmented, unsustainable, and inequitable. Since the same is true for all development work, the need to integrate and coordinate better across the community, to ground work in respect for the rights and cultures of communities, is a primary conclusion. Another is that some specific perceptions and realities around religious institutions and actors need more concerted dialogue and action, particularly in the areas of gender equity, human rights, and the sometimes controversial issues regarding evangelism and proselytism SUMMARY REPORT 9

10 RELIGION AND US FOREIGN POLICY AT A GLANCE: THOMAS F. FARR, FACULTY LEADER 9 SYMPOSIA 9 REPORTS ONLINE RESOURCES PROGRAM GOALS The role of religion in US foreign policy is both critically important and poorly understood. While religion now intersects with a range of policy issues, including international security, human rights, and economic and social development, its significance for US diplomacy is underappreciated. Through a series of symposia, reports, and online resources, the Religion and US Foreign Policy program has convened scholars and practitioners to examine how faith intersects with critical issues on America s foreign policy agenda, including religious freedom, human rights, and regional security. FACULTY LEADER: THOMAS FARR Thomas F. Farr is visiting associate professor of religion and international affairs at Georgetown s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is also senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, where he directs the Center s Religious Freedom Project. A former American diplomat and leading authority on international religious freedom, Farr has published widely, including Diplomacy in an Age of Faith in Foreign Affairs (March/April 2008), and World of Faith and Freedom: Why International Religious Liberty is Vital to American National Security (Oxford University Press, 2008). September 2007 Symposium on Islam, Constitutions & Durable Democracy: The Cases of Iraq & Afghanistan January 2008 Symposium on Religion in Israeli Society, Politics & Foreign Policy October, April, and February 2008 Symposia on US International Religious Freedom Policy November 2009 Symposium on Religion, Democracy & the Foreign Policy of the Obama Administration March 2010 Symposium on Proselytism & Religious Freedom in the 21st Century October 2010 Symposium on Religious Freedom & National Security Policy March 2011 Symposium on Religion in American Public Life 10 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

11 Events Over four years, this program provided academics, policy experts, and government officials with nine major symposia, including Religion in American Public Life (2011), and Religion, Democracy & the Foreign Policy of the Obama Administration (2009). Speakers included US Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference Rashad Hussain, former Pakistani Ambassadors Akbar Ahmed and Touqir Hussein, and former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar. Publications The Religion and US Foreign Policy program has published nine major reports since 2007 based on the interdisciplinary work of experts from around the world. Among those reports are Religion in Israeli Society, Politics & Foreign Policy and Islam, Constitutions & Durable Democracy: the Cases of Iraq & Afghanistan. Online Resources The Religion and US Foreign Policy Program has developed a set of online resources that track key organizations, programs, events, and publications at the intersection of religion and America s international relations. From left: Brian Grimm, Daniel Philpott, and Harris Mylonas SUMMARY REPORT 11

12 Inviting Trouble: Engaging Religion and US Foreign Policy - Thomas Farr The subject of religion and US foreign policy has long been laden with controversy and foreboding. Six years after leaving her post as Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright wrote that diplomats in my era were taught not to invite trouble, and no subject seemed more inherently treacherous than religion. Albright s book, The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and Foreign Affairs (2006), was in part a recantation of the studied aversion to religion she had once endorsed. In the years subsequent to her departure from the State Department, she came to recognize that the world had become a very religious place and that American diplomacy whose job is to engage the world in defense of American interests needed to accept that reality and incorporate it into the way it does business. The Luce/SFS Program on Religion and US Foreign Policy was designed to rekindle a sustained, respectful and fruitful conversation within the US foreign affairs community about the role of religion in world affairs, and its proper place in American diplomacy. It did this by engaging the policy world, i.e. the State Department, the White House, Congress, and other foreign affairs agencies, as well as the world of think tanks and universities that revolve around the policy world. Engagement meant symposia, conferences, publications, media interviews, speeches, and private conversations. Perhaps the central element of America s official involvement with religious ideas and actors has been the nation s statutory policy of advancing international religious freedom. Mandated by the 1998 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Act, this policy has proven to be highly controversial. Some noted perceptions that it is narrow and Christian centered, designed to further the purposes of American missionaries. Others argued that the perception was inaccurate, and that US IRF diplomacy could and should overcome it with wise and effective strategies. Still others noted how little salience the policy had within the American foreign policy establishment. All of these views, and others, were represented in a series of three major symposia held on the campus of Georgetown University during 2008, the tenth anniversary of the passage of the IRF Act. The first focused on the origins and promise of the law itself, and brought together key players from the NGO and legislative communities. The second symposium examined the performance of US IRF policy over a decade by convening policy experts and scholars who were keen observers of the policy. The third looked to the future of international religious freedom policy, and provided recommendations for improvement. Over five years, the Luce/SFS Program on Religion and US Foreign Policy has made a significant and continuing contribution to the problem identified by Madeleine Albright, i.e. the religion-avoidance syndrome of American diplomacy. Although at the beginning of the program our goals might well have been construed as little more than inviting trouble, we can now claim to have contributed in a substantive way to a broadened and deepened consideration of religion in foreign affairs. We can see this in the new course on the subject offered at the Foreign Affairs Institute, and the Secretary of State s new Working Group on Religion and Foreign Policy, to which I and other faculty connected with the Luce/SFS program have contributed. While much remains to be done, the Luce/SFS program has made a substantive difference. 12 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

13 AMIDST THE PREVAILING NEGLECT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND FOREIGN POLICY, THE LUCE/SFS PROGRAM AT GEORGETOWN STANDS AS A NOTABLE AND WORTHY EXCEPTION. ITS SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA HAVE DELIV- ERED INSIGHTFUL ANSWERS OF INTEREST TO POLICY-MAKERS, SCHOLARS, JOURNALISTS, AND THE INTERESTED PUBLIC. WILL INBODEN AUTHOR OF RELIGION AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy On February 23, 2010, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Task Force on Religion and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy released its final report at an event hosted by the Berkley Center and the Luce/SFS program. The report, funded through a Luce Foundation grant, was crafted by a task force that included leading scholars, policymakers, and religious leaders. Four Luce/SFS faculty leaders served on it: Thomas Farr, Katherine Marshall, Jose Casanova, and Eric Patterson. Patterson also served as a consultant on the project for the Chicago Council. Scott Appleby and Afeefa Syeed SUMMARY REPORT 13

14 GOVERNMENT OUTREACH/TEACHING RESOURCES AT A GLANCE: ERIC PATTERSON, FACULTY LEADER 8 SEMINARS, SYMPOSIA, AND CONFERENCES 40 BRIEFINGS 29 CASE STUDIES AND FILM GUIDES PROGRAM GOALS The training of US diplomats, military personnel, and development experts often neglects the study of religion s complex role in world affairs. The Luce/SFS program worked to improve professional training offerings in this critical area. Center experts have provided consultations and training for the Department of State, US Insti tute of Peace, Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and other govern ment agencies. The program has also developed and distributed a set of country and case studies, teaching guides, and a peacekeeping simulation. June 2009 War college faculty seminar, The Religious Dynamics of War and Peace. Co-hosted with National Defense University s Institute for the Study of National Security Ethics and Leadership (INSEL). January 2010 Seminar on Religion in Security in Latin America at US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Miami, Florida. March 2010 Religion, Conflict, and Peace seminar for Joint Staff/ Combatant Command Chaplains Conference (the Pentagon). Co-hosted with the Joint Staff Chaplains Office and National Defense University s INSEL. July 2010 Consultation and seminar, The Religious Dynamics of War and Peace, US European Command (EUCOM) headquarters, Stuttgart, Germany. FACULTY LEADER: ERIC PATTERSON Eric Patterson, associate director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Government, has directed the Luce/SFS program area Government Outreach/Short Courses for Professionals. His research and teaching focus on religion and politics, ethics and international affairs, and just war theory in the context of contemporary conflict. Patterson s most recent books include: Politics in a Religious World: Toward a Religiously-Literate US Foreign Policy (Continuum, 2011), Ending Wars Well: Order, Justice, and Conciliation in Contemporary Post-Conflict (Yale University Press, 2012), and Ethics Beyond War s End (Georgetown University Press, 2012). January 2011 War college faculty seminar, Teaching and Learning the Religious Dynamics of War & Peace. Co-hosted with National Defense University s INSEL. March 2011 Joint Staff/Combatant Command Chaplains Conference (the Pentagon). Co-hosted with the Joint Staff Chaplains Office and National Defense University s INSEL. April 2011 USAF and US Army chaplains conference, Understanding the Dynamics of Highly Religious Conflict Zones at the Armed Forces Chaplains Center, Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. September 2011 Symposium on Religion and Security in World Affairs in Monterey, California. Co-hosted with Naval Postgraduate School s Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies. 14 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

15 AT A TIME WHEN RELIGION EMERGES IN EFFORTS TO NAVIGATE CONFLICT, THE BERKLEY CENTER BRINGS THE BEST MATERIALS AND EXPERTS TO EACH SITUATION. THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVER- SITY AND THE BERKLEY CENTER DEEPENS OUR EDUCA- TIONAL EFFORTS WITH THE INTERAGENCY COMMUNITY. OUR NATION IS STRONGER DUE TO YOUR EFFORTS. CHAPLAIN (COL) ERIC WESTER, US ARMY RESERVE FORMER SENIOR MILITARY FELLOW, NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY Outreach to Military Chaplains From the Berkley Center and the Luce/SFS Program partnered with members of the US military chaplaincy to provide seminars on contemporary issues at the nexus of religion and security. The primary purpose of armed forces chaplains is to provide for the First Amendment rights of military members when they cannot participate in a local worship community due to their military service. Chaplains are thus experienced pastors, counselors, and worship leaders but not necessarily experts on world religions and the intersection of faith with issues of security, foreign policy, and economic development. However, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan highlighted the need for more sophisticated knowledge of the role of religion and culture when engaging those societies, and chaplains have been called upon by their commanders to advise on issues of religion more generally. In late 2009 the Pentagon officially directed the chaplaincy to develop some expertise in providing commanders with background on religious currents on the ground as well as be prepared to engage local religious leaders in pursuit of peace. The Berkley Center s Luce-funded efforts have focused both on training materials useful at the Armed Forces Chaplains Center at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina (where all US military chaplains are trained), as well as instructional events. The Center s conflict case study series and instructional and film guides have been used at a range of events and short courses where chaplains participated, including at the National War College, Fort Meyer, the Army National Guard Readiness Center, and the Naval Postgraduate School. The Center has supported several Defense Department events that focused on war college faculty and chaplains, on the senior combatant command chaplains, and on international chaplains. For instance, in March 2010 and again in March 2011 the Center partnered with the Joint Staff Chaplains office (at the Pentagon) and National Defense University s Institute for the Study of National Security Ethics and Leadership to provide three days of programming on Religion and World Affairs. In addition, the Luce/SFS program supported a three-day seminar for some 100 Air Force and Army chaplains at Fort Jackson in April The final event in this series was led by Center Associate Director Eric Patterson and the US European Command Chaplain (Colonel) Brian van Sickel in Sarajevo in January After 10 months of planning, Patterson, van Sickel, and the Ministry of Defense of Bosnia-Herzegovinia led the International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference, with representatives from more than two dozen national militaries around the world SUMMARY REPORT 15

16 Religion and Conflict Case Studies A collection of 20 case studies provides a resource for teachers, students, and policy professionals seeking a deeper understanding of religion s complex role in conflicts and peacebuilding around the world. Each case looks at religion not in isolation but as it interacts with other domestic and international factors in places like Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Colombia, and Iraq. Syllabi Project The last decade has seen an explosion of teaching about religion outside traditional theology and religious studies departments. A new online resource gathers hundreds of syllabi from Georgetown and other colleges and universities that address religion, politics, and society. Users can search and sort courses across disciplines. Film Guides A set of nine film guides are teaching resources rooted in social science and film studies pedagogy that can be used to provoke critical thinking about the complex nexus of religion and conflict. The guides range in content from the from the contemporary work of religious leaders to quell Nigeria s sectarian violence (The Imam and the Pastor) to the timeless lessons about religious tolerance and just war from Europe s Wars of Religion (The Last Valley). Country Pages The Luce/SFS program helped to support the creation of more than 30 country pages that provide a window on the intersection of religion, society, and politics around the world. Envisioned as a resource for scholars, students, policymakers, and the general public, the pages feature historical and contemporary essays and overviews of key people and organizations in each country. 16 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

17 Government Outreach Program Eric Patterson Since the Fall of 2008 the Government Outreach program has attempted to bring experts, expertise, and teaching resources to US government agencies in order to provide aid workers, diplomats, and the armed forces with the tools necessary to comprehend the highly religious global landscape of the twenty-first century. This effort was complemented by two other Luce-funded initiatives. The first was other, in-house Berkley Center programming, notably the Luce-supported Religion and Development (Katherine Marshall) and Religion and US Foreign Policy (Thomas Farr) initiatives. These programs reached United Nations and other international audiences in addition to participants from USAID, the State Department, and elsewhere. The second includes other external recipients of funding under the Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs that were synergistic to our work, such as the Chicago Council on Global Affairs report, Engaging Religious Communities Abroad, which was launched at the Berkley Center in early At the Berkley Center, the Luce/SFS program supported an array of products useful in the classrooms of military academies, the Foreign Service Institute, and other centers of government learning. These include 20 religion and conflict case studies; nine instructional film guides on religion, peace, and war; 150+ interviews with practitioners; a host of web-based tools; dozens of reports; and a major board-game simulation on religion in post-conflict reconstruction that is now part of the curriculum at Marine Corps University (Quantico) and elsewhere. Two capstone examples from January 2012 demonstrate the use of these tools, and perhaps more importantly, how complementary Luce programming among its various grantees changed the tenor of US government thinking and training in the past two years. One example is the second offering in six months of a four-day course at the State Department s Foreign Service Institute on Religion in World Affairs. The Berkley Center provided a full day of the programming, with Thomas Farr, Tim Shah, and Eric Patterson as speakers, two Berkley Center reports as required reading, and a full play of the post-conflict simulation. It appears that this elective course is finally institutionalized at the State Department; during its long development two Berkley Center faculty provided in-depth consultations as to content and speakers. A second example is the Berkley Center leading the programming of the 23rd annual International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovina. The conference theme was Religious Leaders as Peacebuilders. Of the two dozen countries represented, there were military and civilian clerics from the Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Muslim traditions from South Africa, South Korea, Australia, Canada, the Baltics, Scandinavia, Cyprus, Turkey, and across Europe from Ukraine to the UK. Of the five main plenary sessions, the Berkley Center was responsible for four. Abbreviated versions of the BC case studies including discussion questions as well as a film guide questionnaire were translated into four languages for the purposes of break-out group conversation. As the Military Mufti of the Bosnian military said, Thank you for the insightful presentations and resources we are deeply grateful to the Berkley Center SUMMARY REPORT 17

18 RELIGION AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NETWORKS AT A GLANCE: TOM BANCHOFF & JOSÉ CASANOVA, FACULTY LEADERS 4 GLOBAL WORKSHOPS 1 REPORT RELIGION AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DATABASE June 2010 Workshop on Navigating Religion and World Affairs in Germany and Europe January 2011 Workshop on Religion, Politics, and Society in the US and the UK December 2011 Workshops on Religion and International Affairs in Shanghai and Beijing Interest in the intersection of religion and international affairs is growing around the world. In response to threats posed by terrorism, new patterns of migration, and other developments, networks of academics, policymakers, and civil society actors are seeking to build and share knowledge about how religion shapes society, politics, and interstate relations. Through a series of linked websites, the networks project shares knowledge about religion and international affairs and enables greater communication among scholars and practitioners. More specifically, regional mappings encompassing the United States, Europe, and Asia, track organizations, programs, people, events at universities, think tanks, foundations, and media working at the religion/international affairs nexus, including those supported by the Luce Foundation. As part of the networks project, the Luce/SFS program convened four global workshops in (Berlin, Oxford, Shanghai, and Beijing) that brought together scholars, media, and foundation leaders working in this area. This program area is led by Berkley Center Director Tom Banchoff with support by Berkley Center Senior Fellow José Casanova. TOM BANCHOFF Tom Banchoff is director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and associate professor in the Government Department and the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. His research centers on religious and ethical issues in world politics. He recently published Embryo Politics: Ethics and Policy in Atlantic Democracies (Cornell University Press, 2011) and co-edited Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2011). JOSÉ CASANOVA José Casanova is one of the world s top scholars in the sociology of religion. He is a professor at the Department of Sociology at Georgetown University, and heads the Berkley Center s Program on Globalization, Religion and the Secular. He has published works in a broad range of subjects, including religion and globalization, migration and religious pluralism, transnational religions, and sociological theory. His best-known work, Public Religions in the Modern World (1994), has become a modern classic in the field and been translated into five languages, including Arabic and Indonesian. 18 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

19 Religion and International Affairs Networks Resource Page: Religion and International Affairs: Global Perspectives - Tom Banchoff Debates about religion and international affairs tend to revolve around America, for reasons both old and new. Religion has traditionally played a significant role in the politics and foreign policy of the United States. And with the end of the cold war and the attacks of September 11, 2001, the US has emerged as the world s sole superpower and increasingly turned its attention to the Muslim world. Too much of a focus on America risks obscuring the bigger picture. Global power shifts and the international emergence of faith and identity politics are transforming the role of religion in world affairs well beyond the US and its concerns. With the support of the Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Relations, my colleague José Casanova and I organized several workshops over two years to engage a more global conversation in Berlin (June 2011), Oxford (February 2012), and in Shanghai and Beijing (December 2012). The workshops convened leading scholars and practitioners from across disciplines to address the changing role of religion in society and politics at the international level and in particular countries and regions. In Berlin and Oxford the conversation centered on the remarkable revival of religion in the European public square. Over the postwar decades, Europe went through a sweeping process of secularization; church attendance plummeted to below 5 percent in many countries. But while Europeans are less observant than Americans, they maintain a majority Christian identity one that has grown more salient in response to the growth of an immigrant and predominantly Muslim minority. Germany, the United Kingdom, and their neighbors are grappling with a new and unfamiliar cultural and religious pluralism. Our European colleagues related how interest in religious issues has risen sharply among students and scholars, and how governments and funding authorities have begun to acknowledge the need for new research and teaching programs in the area. In China, too, religion is reemerging as a public issue but in a very different way. Three decades after the country s opening and economic liberalization, the official communist ideology has increasingly lost its hold on the public imagination, within the academy and across society. Religion is undergoing a widespread revival. While the party guards its monopoly of power and associates Tibetan Buddhism and Uyghur Muslims with separatist tendencies, the regime has recognized a more prominent role for religion in Chinese culture and society and supported the expansion of religious studies at universities. At our workshop in Beijing, co-organized with Tu Weiming, the renowned Confucian scholar, the conversation centered on that tradition s potential to serve as a marker of Chinese cultural identity in a globalizing world. As China emerges as a global superpower, it is likely to draw on more on own traditions in projecting its national identity and values onto the world stage. The four workshops were invaluable in networking American scholars with counterparts elsewhere working on issues relating to religion, politics, and society. Building on the exchange at the meetings, the Berkley Center has created an online resource that tracks organizations, and programs doing work in this area, with a focus on the United States, Europe, and China. To understand challenges of religion and international relations, US-based scholars and policymakers will increasingly have to engage with the very different experience and perspectives of other countries. Our work through the Luce/SFS program has enabled a modest, but important step, in that direction SUMMARY REPORT 19

20 Global Workshops Under the leadership of Tom Banchoff and José Casanova, the Religion and International Affairs Networks program convened four meetings in Berlin, Germany, Oxford, UK, and Beijing, China to develop initial parameters for mapping individuals and organizations working at the intersection of religion and world affairs. Database The Religion and International Affairs Networks program developed a searchable, online database of hundreds of individuals, organization, meetings, and publications as part of the Berkley Center s Knowledge Resources website. Publication In collaboration with Humboldt University in Berlin, the Berkley Center published the report, Navigating Religion and World Affairs: An Atlantic Forum. The report featured leading thinkers such as Peter Katzenstein, Esra Ozyürek, and Rolf Schieder. Peter Katzenstein, Thomas Banchoff, and Marcia Pally 20 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

21 GOVERNANCE The Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs is a collaborative venture between the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, generously supported by the Henry Luce Foundation. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Thomas Banchoff Associate Professor, Department of Government and School of Foreign Service, and Director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs LUCE/SFS STEERING COMMITTEE Carol Lancaster Dean, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Jacques Berlinerblau Director, Program for Jewish Civilization Daniel Byman Director, Center for Peace and Security Studies Kathleen McNamara Director, Mortara Center for International Studies Susan Martin Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration John Voll Professor of Islamic History in the School of Foreign Service and Associate Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Paula Newberg Director, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy RELIGION AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AT THE EDMUND A. WALSH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim- Christian Understanding is the leading center for the study of the Muslim world and a leader in Western - Islamic dialogue. The Program for Jewish Civilization is unique in its emphasis on the global dimension of Judaism, its ethical aspects, and its interactions with other cultures and faith traditions. The Mortara Center for International Studies seeks to advance scholarship and inform policy by combining the expertise of scholars and the experience of practitioners. The Center for Peace and Security Studies explores the full range of military and non -military factors that influence peace and security issues around the world. The School of Foreign Service is also home to leading interdisciplinary area studies centers and programs, including the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the BMW Center for German and European Studies, the Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies, the Center for Latin American Studies, the African Studies Program, and the Asian Studies Program SUMMARY REPORT 21

22 PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS 2007 Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs, Annual Report Faith Communities Engage the HIV/AIDS Crisis: Lessons Learned and Paths Forward Mapping the Role of Faith Communities in Development Policy: The US Case in International Perspective Report of the Symposium on US Faith-Inspired Organizations and Global Development Policy Report of the Symposium on Evangelicals and Foreign Policy Report of the Symposium on Islam, Constitutions and Durable Democracy: The Cases of Iraq & Afghanistan Report of the Symposium on Global Development and Faith-Inspired Organizations in the Muslim World 2008 Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs, Annual Report Challenges of Change: Faith, Gender, and Development Global Development and Faith-Inspired Organizations in Europe and Africa: Meeting Report Background Report Mapping Social Economic Development Work in the Muslim World Religion in Israeli Society, Politics and Foreign Policy Religion, Migration, and Foreign Policy Report of the Georgetown Symposia on US International Religious Freedom Policy 2009 Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs, Annual Report Consultation on Faith-Inspired Organizations and Development in Latin America - Meeting Report Decent Shelter for All: Roles for Faith-Inspired Organizations Faith and Good Governance: Towards Strengthening Global Coalitions Background Report Mapping Social and Economic Development in Europe/Africa Background Report Mapping Social and Economic Development in Latin America Malaria: Scoping New Partnerships 22 BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

23 2010 Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs, Annual Report Experiences and Issues at the Intersection of Faith & Tuberculosis Background Review Mapping Social and Economic Development Work in Southeast Asia Global Development and Faith-Inspired Organizations in Southeast Asia: Meeting Report Navigating Religion and World Affairs: An Atlantic Forum Report of the Georgetown Symposium on Proselytism & Religious Freedom in the 21st Century Report of the Georgetown Symposium on Religion, Democracy and the Foreign Policy of the Obama Administration Report of the Georgetown Symposium on Religious Freedom and National Security Policy 2011 Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs, Annual Report Background Review Mapping Social and Economic Development Work in South and Central Asia Faith-Inspired Development Work: Appraising the Luce/SFS Program on Religion and Development Global Development and Faith-Inspired Organizations in South and Central Asia: Meeting Report Reducing Maternal Mortality: Actual and Potential Roles for Faith-linked Institutions and Communities Report of the Georgetown Symposium on Religion in American Public Life Water and Faith: Rights, Pragmatic Demands, and an Ethical Lens 20 Religion and Conflict Case Studies A resource for teachers, students, and policy professionals seeking a deeper understanding of religion s complex role in conflicts and peacebuilding around the world. 9 Film Guides A resource for educators at the secondary and post-secondary level rooted in social science and film studies pedagogy that can be used to provoke critical thinking about the complex nexus of religion and conflict. Online Resources > Religion and Development Database > Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy > Religion and International Affairs Networks > Country Pages SUMMARY REPORT 23

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