RELATED EVENTS
October 11, 2012
Which Model, Whose Liberty?: Differences between the U.S. and European Approaches to Religious Freedom
September 13, 2012
Catholic Perspectives on Religious Liberty
June 28, 2012
Religious Freedom and the HHS Mandate: a Conversation with Representatives Jeff Fortenberry, Diane Black, Ann Marie Buerkle and Dan Lipinski
May 14, 2012
Religion & State After the Arab Spring: Devising Ground Rules for a New Era
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RELATED PUBLICATIONS
May 31, 2012
Political Demography: How Population Changes are Reshaping International Security and National Politics
March 21, 2012
The Intellectual Sources of Diplomacy's Religion Deficit
March 6, 2012
Religious Freedom Abroad
February 23, 2012
Canadian International Council Interviews RFP Director Tom Farr
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RELATED PROGRAM
Religious Freedom Project
Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs has received a $2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to support the interdisciplinary study of religious freedom. The Religious Freedom Project engages a team of leading international scholars led by the Center's Thomas Farr.
RELATED PROJECT
Religious Freedom and Economic, Social, and Political Development
Recent empirical research suggests a positive correlation between levels of religious freedom across countries and measures of economic, social, and political development. It appears that citizens' capacity to act on the basis of core beliefs has positive effects on civic and political life, including economic development and the onset and consolidation of democracy. Drawing on this research, the project will explore the conditions under which religious freedom serves other ends. What dimensions of religious freedom -- belief, practice, and political engagement -- have positive effects? When and how do they do so? The project will address these questions through ongoing research to be presented through events and publications.
RECENT MEDIA
CENTER NEWS
June 28, 2012The Compromise of Yesterday Versus the Conviction of Tomorrow
June 27, 2012
Rio +20: Point of No Return?
June 27, 2012
Religious Freedom and the HHS Mandate with Congressional Representatives
June 27, 2012
Religious Freedom and the HHS Mandate with Congressional Representatives
June 20, 2012
Olympic Values Essay Winners Announced
June 19, 2012
Reengaging Voters in Productive Political Discourse
June 19, 2012
Joint Religious Leadership Coordination for the G8 and G20 Summits
June 18, 2012
A Sama'a Concert: Music For The Soul In Fes, Morocco
June 14, 2012
New Video: Religion & State after the Arab Spring
June 13, 2012
USCCB Meeting Features Report From RFP Director Tom Farr
June 13, 2012
RFP Scholar Mona Siddiqui Gives BBC Radio's "Thought for the Day"
June 11, 2012
Catholics, Evangelicals, and the 2012 Election
Prioritizing International Religious Freedom in US Foreign Policy
Thomas Farr
June 3, 2011
Thomas Farr, Director of the Religious Freedom Project, presented testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights on June 3, 2011. The subcommittee hearing was convened to discuss HR 1856, "International Religious Freedom Act Amendments of 2011." Farr argues in his testimony that the promotion of religious freedom as part of US foreign policy is crucial to the success of American diplomatic efforts and to American national security.
