Share <Embed>

Buy Used

$3.20

+ $3.99 shipping

Used: Good | Details

Sold by beamsbooks

Turn on 1-Click ordering for this browser

44 used & new from $3.20

See All Buying Options

Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See this image

World of Faith and Freedom: Why International Religious Liberty Is Vital to American National Security Hardcover – Bargain Price, November 7, 2008

by Thomas F. Farr (Author)

2 customer reviews

See all 5 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$17.08

—

Hardcover

"Please retry"

$44.44

$6.65

$1.44

Hardcover, Bargain Price, November 7, 2008

—

$9.72

$3.20

This is a bargain book and quantities are limited. Bargain books are new but could include a small mark from the publisher and an Amazon.com price sticker identifying them as such.

Virtually every trouble spot on the planet has some sort of religious component. One need only consider Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran, Israel and Palestine, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Russia, and China, to name but a few. Looming behind national issues, of course, is the problem of regional Islamist extremism and transnational Islamist terrorism. In all of these sectors, religious tensions, ideas and actors are of great geo-political importance to the United States. Yet, argues Thomas Farr, our foreign policy is gravely handicapped by an inability to understand the role of religion either nationally or globally. There is a strong disinclination in American diplomacy to consider religious factors at all, either as part of the problem or part of the solution. In this engaging and well-written insider account, Farr offers a closely reasoned argument that religious freedom, the freedom to practice one's own religion in private and in public, is an essential prerequisite for a stable, durable democratic society. If the U.S. wants to foster democracy that lasts, he says, it must focus on fostering religious liberty, especially in its public manifestations, properly limited in a way that advances the common good. Although we ourselves have developed a remarkably successful model of religious freedom, our foreign policy favors an aggressive secularism that is at odds with the American model. It is essential, says Farr, that we take an approach that recognizes the great importance of religion in people's lives.

World of Faith and Freedom: Why International Religious Liberty Is Vital to American National Security [Bargain Price]

Available from these sellers.

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Steven D. Smith

7

Hardcover
$38.08
Benjamin J. Kaplan

3

Paperback
$20.58
Edward Peters

19

Paperback
$28.75
Daniel Dreisbach

2

Paperback
$14.50
Malcolm D. Evans
Paperback
$74.99
John Locke

13

Paperback
$7.50

Special Offers and Product Promotions

Explore more great deals on thousands of titles in our Deals in Books store.

NO_CONTENT_IN_FEATURE

Product Details

Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (November 7, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195179951
ASIN: B0044KMXBG
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 1.4 x 6.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,766,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2649 in Books > History > World > Religious > Religion, Politics & State
- #2851 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Religious Studies > Church & State
- #3458 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > International & World Politics > Security

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars

5 star		50%
4 star		50%
3 star		0%
2 star		0%
1 star		0%

See both customer reviews

Share your thoughts with other customers

Write a customer review

Top Customer Reviews

By ricey on January 24, 2010

Format: Hardcover

Lucid and interesting at times, Farr presents a very good insider's account behind the passage of the International Religious Freedom Act and the struggles that the agency created by the act encountered during its first couple of years of existence, even after the 9/11 attacks. Religion is quite a neglected aspect of US foreign policy indeed and Farr's book is a welcome addition to the literature. The reason I give 4/5 stars is that the pace sometimes drags at certain points in the book, for instance, when dealing with case studies involving China and Saudi Arabia. Also, there is no good concluding chapter. But aside from those, this is a good read and interesting for its arguments.

Comment 3 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...

Thank you for your feedback.

Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again

Report abuse

Five Stars

By John Sarabia on April 14, 2015

Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase

much food for thought

Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...