Diplomacy in an Age of Faith: How Failing to Understand the Role of Religion Hinders America's Purposes in the World

Jennifer A. Marshall: Two events this past week remind us that America's religious culture con­tinues to flourish in the 21st century. I'm thinking, of course, of the warm reception to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI and the somewhat cooler reaction to Senator Barack Obama's comments about Pennsylva­nians clinging to guns and God. From the sublime to the mundane, both examples show that Americans remain a very religious people.

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