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How a Pentecostal Law Professor Has Helped Reshape Nigerian Politics
This post also appeared on The Washington Post Acts of Faith blog. I met Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s vice president-elect, two years ago, during the annual convening of the mammoth Holy Ghost Congress …
What Lies Beneath USA’s Dig Is More Than Entertainment
There is an unholy secret hiding in Jerusalem. So says the website and promotional material for the USA Network Show: Dig. It airs this spring as a 10-part series that promises a …
Foreign Policy: The United States Will Never Win the Propaganda War Against the Islamic State
CRCC’s Executive Director Brie Loskota advised Manal Omar on her piece on countering the Islamic State in Foreign Policy. In the article, Omar refers to Loskota’s interview with terrorist attack survivor, Ndugwa Hassan. …
Religion and Public Diplomacy
Religion and Public Diplomacy Philip Seib, editor (Palgrave Macmillan: 2013) Religion and Public Diplomacy discusses the volatile consequences that can be a result of mixing religion, new communications technologies …
Syria stains the world’s conscience
This commentary was originally published in The Financial Times. When Libya’s Muammer Gaddafi threatened to go street to street and house to house to snuff out his opponents, Barack Obama addressed Americans …
Syria’s Stockholm syndrome and its sectarian war
This post originally appeared in The Financial Times. When I worked in Syria as a journalist from 2004 to 2007 I was surprised to learn how many backed the regime – including …
Religion’s Uneasy Place: Religious Engagement vs. Religious Freedom in American Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy
CRCC Managing Director Brie Loskota delivered the following as her concluding keynote address at the 8th Annual American Studies Network Conference at Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China, in September. Download “Religion’s …
Lessons from Africa’s September 11th
by Danny McCain “There has been another bombing in Jos.” Those words from my neighbor interrupted CNN’s September 11th memorial activities I was watching. Our city of Jos in north-central Nigeria had …
Fine Line between Love and Justice: The mixed responses of Korean churches toward North Korean attacks
This article is one in an occasional series on the ways in which religion impacts local and international affairs outside of the United States. Note: South Korean President Lee Myung Bak is …
How Can Public Officials Engage With Religion? Faith and Diplomacy Briefing
Brie Loskota delivered the following remarks at a Faith and Diplomacy Briefing in Washington, D.C. on April 11, 2011. The event was sponsored by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. I was …
Protecting the Shared Archeological Heritage of Israel-Palestine
Recognizing, preserving and protecting cultural heritage in conflict zones