Winter 2004 Orbis article written by Andrew J. Bacevich and Elizabeth H. Prodromou about the impact of religion on U.S. foreign policy.

The Rev. Michael Kinnamon is Spehar-Halligan Visiting Professor of Ecumenical Collaboration in Interreligious Dialogue at Seattle University. He is an expert on interfaith dialogue.

Elizabeth Prodromou is a senior scholar in the International Studies Program at Boston College. She is also a nonresident senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. She served on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from 2004-2012 and is a co-president of Religions for Peace.

The Inter-Religious Council at Emory University in Georgia organized the university’s first campus-wide interfaith service project, helping families affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Andrew J. Bacevich is a professor of international relations and history at Boston University.

Steve Ridgway is interim CEO of Open Doors USA, which supports persecuted Christians in 60 countries. It’s based in Santa Ana, Calif.

Richard H. Seager is an associate professor of religious studies at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. He is studying the globalization and Americanization of Buddhism and is the author of Buddhism in America and Encountering the Dharma: Daisaku Ikeda, Soka Gakkai and the Globalization of Buddhism Humanism.

Jay P. Greene is endowed chair and head of the department of education reform at the University of Arkansas and is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a nonprofit public policy institute in New York.

William M. Bodiford is professor of Asian languages and cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is associate editor of the Encyclopedia of Buddhism and editor of Going Forth: Visions of Buddhist Vinaya. He can speak about Japanese Buddhism, including rituals and worship of local gods.