Where is religion’s place in the extremism debate?
Positioning religious extremism as a variant of
a larger species of modern ideological extremism offers a more balanced and
non-partisan frame for constructive engagement.
Daniel Cere
Associate Professor of Religion, Law, and Public Policy in the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University
Daniel Cere is Associate Professor of Religion, Law, and Public Policy in the Faculty of Religious Studies. He also chairs the CREOR Religion and Globalization committee as well as the Catholic Studies committee in the Faculty of Arts. Cere collaborated with former Dean Ellen Aitken in forging a McGill partnership with an international network of universities, the Faith and Globalization Initiative. He has directed the international summer course for the Faith and Globalization Initiative that networks with over 30 universities across the world. He also helped to design and direct the Birks Forum on the World’s Religions and Public Policy launched in 2011. His work on religion and public policy has focused on debates over issues related to gender, sexuality and marriage. He is the director of the Institute for the Study of Marriage, Law and Culture, and a founding director of the Newman Institute of Catholic Studies.
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Freedom, Faith, and Foreign Policy
Daniel Cere on the state of the debate over the role of foreign policy in advancing religious freedom.