Category: Portico
On the Importance of Religious Minorities for Ukraine’s Present and Future
March 8, 2024 • Portico
Many have been taken aback by the verve with which Ukrainians have responded to the full-scale Russian invasion on February 24, 2022. The invasion triggered…
Read MoreWhat Can Chaplains Teach about Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy?
January 30, 2024 • Portico
In June of 2023, I gathered with some of the authors of The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement to talk about…
Read MoreThe Nexus Between Human Dignity and Religious Freedom
January 22, 2024 • Portico
Peace is a fruit of justice. The core of justice is based on the respect of fundamental human rights. And the foundational principle of human…
Read MoreThe Need for Trust-building in a Post-Coup Future Myanmar
January 17, 2024 • Portico
Achieving unity poses the greatest challenge for Myanmar, given the systemic division among diverse religious and ethnic groups that has persisted during seven decades of…
Read MoreThe Grand Bargain of Religious Freedom and Religious Responsibility: The Mennonite Example
October 31, 2023 • Portico
As the Institute for Global Engagement (IGE) has long argued, an environment of religious freedom will only become sustainable when there is a grand bargain…
Read MoreNew Pathways to Positive Engagement in Afghanistan
September 5, 2023 • Portico
The tenor of American engagement with the Taliban remains uncertain at the second anniversary of the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan. I was in…
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