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If public diplomacy can be defined in part as involving the gentle wielding of influence to advance national interests, then the role of religion in people’s lives must not be overlooked. Faith is influential; for some people it is the center of their lives. As Huston Smith observed, “The surest way to the heart of a people is through their faith.” 1
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Huston Smith, The Illustrated World’s Religions ( San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins, 1994 ), 13.
Barry Rubin, “Religion and International Affairs,” in Dennis R. Hoover and Douglas M. Johnston (eds.), Religion and Foreign Affairs ( Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2012 ), 521.
Douglas Johnston and Brian Cox, “Faith-Based Diplomacy and Preventive Engagement,” in Douglas Johnston (ed.), Faith-Based Diplomacy ( New York: Oxford university Press, 2003 ), 14.
Madeleine Albright, The Mighty and the Almighty ( New York: Harper Perennial, 2007 ), 66–7.
Jennifer A. Marshall and Thomas F. Farr, “Public Diplomacy in an Age of Faith,” in Philip Seib (ed.) Toward a New Public Diplomacy: Redirecting U.S. Foreign Policy ( New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 ), 199–200.
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Seib, P. (2013). Introduction. In: Seib, P. (eds) Religion and Public Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137291127_1
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