Faith-based diplomacy:Conservative Evangelicals and the United States Military

Marsden, Lee (2014) Faith-based diplomacy:Conservative Evangelicals and the United States Military. Politics and Religion, 7 (03). pp. 475-498. ISSN 1755-0483

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Abstract

Religion is becoming an increasingly important factor for theorists and policy makers alike in the consideration of United States foreign policy. In recent years a new school of faith-based diplomacy advocacy has emerged and begun to resonate with foreign policy practitioners. This article examines the efficacy of such faith-based approaches to foreign policy problems with a religious component and argues that such an approach is inherently flawed. The article argues that a combination of a distinct military culture, which feels itself morally superior to its civilian leadership and the activism of conservative evangelicals in the chaplaincy and military leadership makes such faith-based approaches unrealistic. While acknowledging a role for pluralist religious actors in foreign policy the article rejects a faith-based advocacy approach which can exacerbate rather than resolve foreign policy problems.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	26 Nov 2013 15:10
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 05:29
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44742
DOI:	10.1017/S1755048313000497

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