Religion and a Human Rights Culture in America

Haynes, Jeffrey

doi:10.1080/15570274.2008.9523342

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“…The Act was a bipartisan, consensual effort in the 1990s to persuade an initially indifferent administration to take international religious freedom seriously. Religious human rights advocacy groups were instrumental in helping create a new architecture for human rights' monitoring and advocacy in American foreign policy (Green et al 2003;Hertzke 2006;Haynes 2008). According to Hertzke (2006), this involved an 'unlikely alliance'.…”

Section: From Advocacy To Law: the International Religious Freedom Acmentioning

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Trump and the Politics of International Religious Freedom

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2020

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The article examines the USA’s international religious freedom policy during the presidency of Donald Trump. It argues that the Trump administration consistently prioritised America’s international religious freedom (IRF) policy according to Judeo-Christian values. This contrasted with previous administrations, which did not pursue such a clear Christocentric approach. The Trump administration has pursued the policy with vigour, drawing on Judeo-Christian ideology and prioritising religious freedom above other human rights, such as equality for women and sexual minorities. The article begins with a brief summary of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), signed into law by President Clinton in 1998. It then examines the influence of Judeo-Christian ideology on Trump’s international religious freedom policy. To do this, the article surveys three recent initiatives: the Commission on Unalienable Rights, the annual Ministerial to Advance International Religious Freedom, and the International Religious Freedom Alliance. I argue that collectively the initiatives promote the paramountcy of Judeo-Christian ideology. The article concludes that the Trump administration’s international religious freedom is strongly informed by a Judeo-Christian ideology which seeks to place religious freedom first in a hierarchy of human rights, while relegating others, especially equality for females and sexual minorities, to a lesser position.

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Section: From Advocacy To Law: the International Religious Freedom Acmentioning

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“…International religious freedom (IRF) is an issue of great significance for American foreign policy. From the 1990s, International religious freedom was a key concern for both religious and secular human rights advocacy groups (Haynes 2008). Initially, however, the Clinton administration was indifferent to the issue (Bettiza 2019).…”

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Trump and the Politics of International Religious Freedom

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2020

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“…Jeffrey Haynes 19 , a partir do conceito de persuasão moral-religiosa e poder brando (soft power), aponta para a ligação entre a religião e a política externa norte-americana, com destaque para o modo com que os evangélicos conseguem angariar apoio em torno de determinadas pautas. Em linhas gerais, conservadores religiosos evangélicos reunidos na direita-cristã utilizam da estratégia da persuasão moral-religiosa na construção do "imaginário americano".…”

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“God wants me to be president”: O papel do cinturão bíblico na política contra o terror durante os governos de George W. Bush

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Ribeiro

2018

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Direito autoral e licença de uso: Este artigo está licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons. Com essa licença você pode compartilhar, adaptar, para qualquer fim, desde que atribua a autoria da obra, forneça um link para a licença, e indicar se foram feitas alterações.Resumo: Este artigo busca identificar aspectos da relação entre religião e política externa nos Estados Unidos. Afirma-se que tal relação é determinante para a compreensão da política internacional do governo de George W Bush (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009). Isso se dá em grande medida devido o peso eleitoral do cinturão bíblico (bible belt). Esta região compreende a área do extremo sul dos Estados Unidos, predominantemente conservadora e cristã. Dessa maneira, afirmamos que a religião é decisiva no contexto político estadunidense. Sendo assim, verifica-se que o "cinturão bíblico" exerce influência também na política externa, legitimando por meio do discurso parte dos posicionamentos norteamericanos no cenário internacional e nas estruturas da governança global (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009). Palavras-chave: cinturão bíblico, política externa, conservadorismo religioso, partido RepublicanoAbstract: This article seeks to identify aspects of the relation between religion and foreign policy in the United States. It is believed that this relation is decisive for understanding the international politics of George W Bush's government Introdução A sociedade estadunidense é em sua maioria religiosa e o cristianismo é de longe a principal corrente. Segundo uma pesquisa realizada pela Pew Research Center 3 , 70,6% da população daquele país é cristã, sendo 51,3% protestantes, 23,9% católicos, 1,7% mórmons. Além dos cristãos, 4,7% professam outro tipo de fé (judaísmo, islamismo, budismo, hinduísmo, entre outras), enquanto 16,1% se consideram ateus ou agnósticos. Neste contexto, destaca-se a área conhecida como "o cinturão bíblico" (bible belt) que abrange o extremo sul e sudoeste do país com percentual de cristãos acima da média nacional, composto pelos estados federados da Carolina do Sul (78%), Carolina do Norte (77%), Alabama (86%), Geórgia (79%), Mississipi (83%), Tennessee (81%), Kentucky (76%), Arkansas (79%), Texas (77%), Missouri (77%), Oklahoma (79%), Louisiana (84%), Virginia (73%) e parte da Flórida (70%), Kansas (76%), Illinois (71%), Virgínia Ocidental (78%), Ohio (73%) e Novo México (75%) com população cristã, defensora de valores tradicionalistas e, por conseguinte, mais próxima ao partido republicano.A influência conservadora/religiosa não se limita aos processos eleitorais, mas também se manifesta na formulação de políticas, tanto domésticas quanto internacionais, como parece ter ficado evidente durante o governo de George W. Bush. Existe, portanto, uma relação entre o peso político eleitoral desta região que compõe o cinturão bíblico com a formulação da política externa estadunidense, principalmente em momentos de crise. 4 Os atentados terroristas de 2001 potencializaram esta relação: George W...

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“…Governments may have policies that are significantly influenced by various religious concerns; for example, some American governments, especially those of George W Bush (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009), are said to have been especially indebted to massive evangelical support, with both sides sharing mutual interests. In particular, they were an important political and moral voice on relevant issues, especially on human rights (Haynes, 2008b). However, in the studies of Moen (1994), it was demonstrated that the closer religious groups become to policy process politics, the more they begin to face similar problems to those of other interest groups (Haynes, 2008b), highlighting the mobilising potential of religious groups for political activity (Moen, 1994).…”

Section: Scrutinising Religious Mobilisation In Pluralistic Nigeriamentioning

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Muslim Organisation and the Mobilisations for Sharia Law in northern Nigeria: The JNI and The NSCIA

Anyia

2016

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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This paper examines the role of Muslim religious organisations in northern Nigeria as religious interest groups in relation to government decision-making, including their role as ‘superior Muslim influence’ in the introduction and dissemination of Sharia law in 12 northern states in Nigeria. Two of the most prominent Muslim organisations in Nigeria, the J’amatu Nasril Islam (JNI) and Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), are examined in this regard to compare and highlight their lobbying strategies in their attempt to justify claims to representing over 80 million Muslims in Nigeria. This paper suggest that Islam and the support from Muslim organisations were significant influences on government policy-makers involved in the process of adopting Sharia law in the northern states. Overall, this paper concludes that Muslim organisations have superior influence, have significantly marginalised non-Muslims and have focused on Sharia law policy, thus enabling an analysis of the relationship between religion and politics in Nigeria.

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Religion and a Human Rights Culture in America

Cited by 7 publications

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Trump and the Politics of International Religious Freedom

Trump and the Politics of International Religious Freedom

“God wants me to be president”: O papel do cinturão bíblico na política contra o terror durante os governos de George W. Bush

Muslim Organisation and the Mobilisations for Sharia Law in northern Nigeria: The JNI and The NSCIA

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