Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  > Inside Harvard  Harvard News Launch Event at Harvard Students from Middlebury and American University discuss the morning's policy presentations at the Policy Expo 2007. In the background, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren converses with New Orleans City Council aide Mark Newberg and students in the Roosevelt Insti Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." — Teddy Roosevelt    Center on Faith and Religion > Roosevelt Home > Harvard > Faith and Religion The Resurgence of Religion in Politics Religious fervor is growing, reshaping the identities and actions of an increasingly large number of people around the world, from Africa to the Americas. This series will offer insights on faith and international politics today from the world's leading experts, who will explore the following questions: What does this mix of faith-based and pluralistic politics mean for the future? Is the current resurgence of religion in the modern world an attempt to harness traditional moral and ethical resources for contemporary use, or is there something more going on? Does a more religious world inevitably mean a more divided world? Can religious language and community be harnessed as a force for peace?1 Can pluralism prevail in the face of rising tides of faith-based politics and against a background where religious extremism threatens?(1) If you are interested in these issues, efforts, proposing other projects, or if you want to just work on one or all of them, please e-mail José M O'Brien (1)http://www.cceia.org/viewMedia.php/prmTemplateID/8/prmID/5219 Group members: Jose O'Brien   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359