General Articles

The use of Buddhism in foreign policy is practiced not only by China and India but also by smaller states like Bhutan and Singapore, writes Jack Meng-Tat Chia in The Diplomat (August 5).

Christian Zionism has started to shift away from dispensationalism, the doctrinal framework holding to a premillennial return of Christ and the place of Israel in biblical prophecy, to other theological perspectives, writes Dale Coulter in his newsletter, The Protestant Mind (August 25).

Protestant “postliberalism,” marked by its critique of liberal theology, is a diminishing presence in mainline Protestantism, leaving the field open for postcolonial and liberationist theologies to dominate seminaries, writes Dale Coulter in his newsletter The Protestant Mind (August 11)

RW recently interviewed (by email) prominent sociologist Robert Wuthnow about his new book, The Religious Left: What It Does and What It Can Do Better (New York University Press, $30).

The UK Ahmadiyya Muslim community has recently embraced a more activist stance for religious freedom while expanding worldwide, according to reports.

Tensions between American evangelicals and their European counterparts have simmered for years, but they have recently intensified, mainly over political questions, writes Paul Marshall in Religion Unplugged (July 15).

The recent close elections of conservative populist candidates in Peru and Colombia suggest a new injection of Catholicism into polarized Latin American societies.

The trickle of Catholics moving to the U.S. Southeast has become a steady stream in recent years, resulting in an expansion of Catholic building and infrastructure in this region, reports Gigi Duncan in the National Catholic Register (July 9).

While liberal Democrats have struggled to appeal to religious Americans, “an increasing number of Democratic office holders and candidates in upcoming elections are no longer apologetic about their personal faith.