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Exploring the Church’s response to crime and political unrest Latin America is often referred to as one of the most violent regions of the world. But what is the broader history behind the headlines about drugs, gangs, and political corruption that are so often emphasized in mainstream analysis of this region? And how are people…
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Convenings by diplomats and religious studies experts The Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy (TPNRD) at Georgetown University unites religious studies scholars and foreign affairs officials from Europe and North America to inform diplomatic engagement in global religious affairs. The TPNRD’s main events include public, educational conversations and biannual meetings of diplomats hosted by…
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Critical analysis of what we know – and do not know – about women in the Arab region is needed to support social change. But how is knowledge on women and gender produced in the region? How does this change when it is undertaken by Arab women researchers? Through a critical examination of local fieldwork…
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C H A P T E R 2 VIOLENCE AND EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE IN EARLY TWENTYFIRST -CENTURY LATIN AMERICA ROBERT ALBRO It was a dubious distinction in 2012 when Juárez, Mexico, lost its status as the world’s most violent city to another Latin American competitor, Honduras’s San Pedro Sula, a city with a homicide rate of…
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Pathways to Contemporary Islam: New Trends in Critical Engagement highlights that the current tensions in Islam and the Muslim world are the result of historical dynamics as opposed to an alleged incompatibility between religious tradition and modernity. The emphasis on pathways indicates that critical engagement and contestation have always been intrinsic to the history of…
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Woodrow Wilson is among most influential presidents in U.S. foreign policy history, and the most pious. The challenge for scholars is joining Wilson’s faith and his foreign policies. What was the role of religion in Wilson’s worldview? What is the place of religion in Wilsonianism? This article uses original archival sources and a synthesis of…
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Islamist political parties are a structural feature of politics across the Muslim world, raising persisting questions for scholars of democracy. Under what conditions will Islamists moderate to support democracy and pluralism? Under what conditions will they adopt more exclusive behavior? Taking a fresh approach, we focus on electoral competition and the conditions under which Islamic…
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Fatwas from Islamic organizations are prominent elements of public debates in democratic Indonesia, as well as the broader Muslim world. Yet scholars lack a clear theoretical explanation for the power of fatwas in politics. This paper draws on original archival material to explicate the legal authority of the fatwas from the Indonesian Council of Ulama…
