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Book SynopsisThis work considers the roles that religion should - and should not - play in a post-Cold War age distinguished by humanitarian intervention, terrorism, globalization, and challenges to state sovereignty. It shows that religious traditions are essential elements of the quest for human rights.
Trade ReviewA significant contribution to advancing our understanding of the nexus between international politics and religious beliefs and institutions. The Sacred and the Sovereign should generate healthy debate among students of religion and international politics. Hopefully, it will also convince skeptical readers of the great importance of Islam and Christianity and their attendant belief systems and institutions on the stage of world politics. International Studies Review A timely study of the importance of religion in understanding international affairs, with some contributors arguing for the importance of religion in informing and sometimes guiding international affairs... Highly recommended for anyone thinking about religion and the state of the world. Virginia Quarterly Review
Table of ContentsForewordJean Bethke Elshtain Introduction: Reconsidering Westphalia's Legacy for Religion and International PoliticsJohn D. Carlson and Erik C. Owens Part I: Religion and Armed Intervention1. The Moral Measurement of War: A Tradition of Change and ContinuityJ. Bryan Hehir 2. Ethical Implications of Kosovo OperationsJames P. McCarthy 3. An Editor's View of Kosovo: Dilemmas and Criteria for Humanitarian InterventionMargaret O'Brien Steinfels 4. Just War, Realism, and InterventionJean Bethke Elshtain 5. Justice, Political Authority, and Armed Conflict: Challenges to Sovereignty and the Just Conduct of WarJohn Kelsay Part II: Human Rights, Political Authority, and Religious Commitments6. Religious Concomitants of Transnationalism: From a Universal Church to a Universal ReligiositySusanne Hoeber Rudolph 7. The Future of Sovereignty: A Christian Realist PerspectiveRobin W. Lovin 8. Serving Two Masters? Affirming Religious Belief and Human Rights in a Pluralistic WorldR. Scott Appleby 9. Trials, Tribunals and Tribulations of Sovereignty: Crimes against Humanity and the imago DeiJohn D. Carlson Part III: Sovereignty and Its Critics10. Weighing Sovereignty in the "Sit Room": Does It Enter or End the Debate?Robert L. Gallucci 11. Religious Allegiance and Political Sovereignty: An Irreconcilable Tension?Paul J. Griffiths 12. Sacred NonsovereigntyFred Dallmayr Conclusion: Sovereignty after September 11: What Has Changed?Erik C. Owens
