A native of Providence, RI, Banchoff has been teaching at Georgetown since 1993, where he now serves as Director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Banchoff's current research addresses the intersection of science, religion, and politics in the context of globalization.

• 1: Introduction--Thomas Banchoff


• Part 1: Challenges of Religious Pluralism in a Global Era


• 2: Causes of Quarrel: What's Special about Religious Disputes?--Kwame Anthony Appiah


• 3: On the Possibility of Religious Pluralism--Pratap Bhanu Mehta


• 4: Toleration, Proselytizing, and the Politics of Recognition--Jean Bethke Elshtain


• 5: The Rights and Limits of Proselytism in the New Religious World Order--John Witte, Jr.


• Part 2: Religious Actors in World Politics


• 6: Building Sustainable Peace: The Roles of Local and Transnational Religious Actors--R. Scott Appleby


• 7: Religious Actors and Transitional Justice--Leslie Vinjamuri and Aaron P. Boesenecker


• 8: Religion and Global Development: Intersecting Paths--Katherine Marshall


• 9: Peaceful Movements in the Muslim World--Thomas Michel, S.J.


• 10: Trans-state Muslim Movements and Militant Extremists in an Era of Soft Power--John O. Voll


• 11: Religious Pluralism and the Politics of a Global Cloning Ban--Thomas Banchoff


• 12: US Foreign Policy and Global Religious Pluralism--Elizabeth H. Prodromou

Globalization has spawned more active transnational religious communities, creating a powerful force in world affairs. Religious Pluralism, Globalization and World Politics, an incisive new collection of essays, explores the patterns of cooperation and conflict that mark this new religious pluralism. Shifting religious identities have encouraged interreligious dialogue and greater political engagement around global challenges including international development, conflict resolution, transitional justice, and bioethics. At the same time, interreligious competition has contributed to political conflict and running controversy over the meaning and scope of religious freedom. In this volume, leading scholars from a variety of disciplines examine how the forces of religious pluralism and globalization are playing out on the world stage.