Think Links

The field of religion and public affairs is growing fast, attracting focused attention and resources from a wide array of both new and longstanding organizations. The Center on Faith & International Affairs maintains a list of think tanks, research centers, and magazines relevant to religion and/or international affairs.

Think Tanks & Organizations

• Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
• Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.
• Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
• Center for Public Justice, Annapolis, Maryland
• Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
• Centre for Cultural Renewal, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Council on Foreign Relations, Religion Initiative, New York City and Washington, D.C.
• Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.
• Foreign Policy Association, New York City
• Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
• Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C.
• Human Rights Watch, New York City
• Institute on Religion and Democracy, Washington, D.C.
• International Institute for Religious Freedom, Bonn, Germany
• Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, Washington, D.C.
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.

Magazines, Journals, and Radio

• America
• Books & Culture
• Christianity Today
• Compassion Radio
• First Things
• Foreign Affairs Magazine
• Foreign Policy Magazine
• Journal of Church and State
• National Journal
• Prism
• The American
• The National Interest
• Washington Quarterly

Academic Research Centers

• Baylor University: J.M. Dawson Institute for Church-State Studies
• Boston College: Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
• Boston University: Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs
• Calvin College: Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics
• Catholic University of America: Life Cycle Institute
• Creighton University: Center for the Study of Religion and Society
• Emory University: Center for the Study of Law and Religion
• Georgetown University: Center for Applied Research in the Apostolat
• Gordon College: Center for Christian Studies
• Hartford Seminary: Hartford Institute for Religion Research
• Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis: Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture
• Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis: Polis Center Project on Religion and Urban Culture
• Louisville Presbyterian Seminary: Louisville Institute
• Messiah College: Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist and Wesleyan Studies
• Notre Dame University: Erasmus Institute
• Princeton University: Center for the Study of Religion
• Rice University: Baker Institute for Public Policy
• University of California Los Angeles: Center for the Study of Religion
• University of Chicago Divinity School: Martin Marty Center
• University of Southern California: Center for Religion and Civic Culture
• University of Victoria: Centre for Studies in Religion and Society
• University of Virginia: Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture
• University of Virginia: Religious Movements Project
• Virginia Wesleyan College: Center for the Study of Religious Freedom
• Wabash College: Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
• Wheaton College: Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals

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