Worldview

Religion and International Relations

Recently, Worldview took a look at how religion’s role in politics has changed in recent years, particularly where human rights and the use of force is concerned. Listen to programs from the series below, many featuring excerpts from a University of Chicago Divinity School conference from October, The Sacred and the Sovereign: Human Rights, the Use of Force, and Religious Pluralism at Century’s Dawn.

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Audio	“Weighing Sovereignty in the 'Sit Room': Does It Enter or End the Debate?” Robert Gallucci, Dean of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, long time State Department official, asks if the clash between sovereignty and human rights exist outside of academia 1.18.01
Audio	“The Moral Implications of Kosovo Operations” General James P. McCarthy, USAF (Ret.), United States Air Force Academy 1.17.01
Audio	"Just War and Just Intervention: Reshaping a Tradition" Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, professor and Chair of the Executive Committee at Harvard Divinity School. He also serves as Counselor to Catholic Relief Services in Baltimore, Maryland and is a faculty associate at Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. 1.16.01
Audio	Europe's Largest Buddhist Temple Opens in Amsterdam No longer is religion streaming in one direction as missionaries from more developed states spread doctrine to less developed regions. Now immigrant groups facilitate the flow of religious traditions across borders in all directions. Radio Netherlands' Michel Walraven reports. 1.16.01
Audio	Globalization and the Interfaith Movement Wayne Teasdale, lay monk, member of the Parliament of the World's Religion's board of trustees, adjunct professor at DePaul University, Colombia College, and the Catholic Theological Union, author of The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions 1.15.01
Audio	"Transnational Religious Institutions and the Layering of Sovereignty" Susanne Rudolph, William Benton Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago 1.15.01
Note	The conference, The Sacred and Sovereign: Human Rights, the Use of Force, and Religious Pluralism at Century's Dawn, took place at the University of Chicago Divinity School this past fall. More information is available at http://sacred-sovereign.uchicago.edu/