The geopolitics of religious soft power : how states use religion in foreign policy /
edited by Peter Mandaville.
Bok · Engelsk · 2023
| Omfang | xii, 323 pages : : illustrations ;
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| Opplysninger | Thinking about religion and religious soft power in international relations and foreign policy analysis / Peter Mandaville and Jon Hoffman -- Tragedy or irony : geopolitical grand narratives, religious outreach, and US soft power / Peter S. Henne and Gregorio Bettiza -- "Putin-phonia" : harnessing Russian Orthodoxy to advance Russia's secular foreign policy / Robert Blitt -- Chinese Buddhism and soft power and sharp power : geopolitical strategy and modality of religion / Yoshiko Ashiwa and David L. Wank -- Turkey's ambivalent religious soft power in the illiberal turn / Ahmet Erdi Öztürk -- The Modi government and the uses and limits of India's religious soft power / Sumit Ganguly -- Shi'i diplomacy: religious identity and foreign policy in the axis of resistance / Edward Wastnidge -- Hassan II and the foundations of Moroccan religious soft power / Ann Wainscott -- Religious diplomacy in the Arab Gulf and the politics of moderate Islam / Annelle Sheline -- Indonesian Islam as model for the world? : Diplomacy, soft power, and the geopolitics of 'moderate Islam' / James Hoesterey -- Moderation as Jordanian soft power : Islam and beyond / Stacey Gutkowski -- Israel's religious soft power : within and beyond Judaism / Claudia Baumgart-Ochse -- Soft power of the Catholic Papacy / Timothy Byrnes -- 'Brazil above everything or God above everyone?' : The sources of Brazil's religious soft power / Guilherme Casarões and Amy Erica Smith -- Religious soft power : promises, limits, and ways forward / Gregorio Bettiza and Peter S. Henne.. - "In 1947, Myron Taylor, the United States (US) envoy to the Vatican and an ally of President Truman, met with several European religious leaders. In that meeting, Taylor called on "people of all faiths" to "unite upon a universal two-point declaration embodying the spirit of belief in God and belief in human liberty" (Inboden 2008, 124). The political significance of this statement is clear from the context: Taylor held this meeting to gain European support for the emerging struggle between the US and the Soviet Union. While much of Truman's early Cold War policies involved military and economic might, he also hoped to build up the America's "soft power" by appealing to common religious values and identities among allies. The role of religion in Truman's diplomacy should not be a surprise to anyone who studies (or engages in) US politics. As observers since Alexis de Tocqueville have noted, religion is an essential element of America. It infuses debates, and influences political struggles, and therefore it ends up also becoming an important element of US foreign policy. The idea of Manifest Destiny, which guided the country's early expansion, included a belief in the providential backing of the new United States of America. Religious rhetoric and imagery popped up repeatedly throughout the Cold War while continuing to influence US priorities in the 21st century, from debt relief to religious freedom promotion. Few, then would take issue with the claim that religion influences American politics, both domestic and international. But can religion actually be a tool for policy-makers? That is, can US leaders draw on faith to advance US interests?"--
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| ISBN | 9780197605806
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