Jean Bethke Elshtain on Proselytism and 'Deep Toleration'

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April 29, 2011 | This video has been excerpted from the Berkley Center's event "Religious Freedom and the Politics of Proselytism."

Proselytism has emerged as an increasingly important international political issue. What is the relationship between religious freedom and the freedom to proselytize? In her presentation, Jean Bethke Elshtain argued that the two are inseparable. For religious pluralism to be robust, it must encompass not just religious diversity and interaction but also include efforts to knowingly and determinedly set out to change someone else's mind about something basic to his or her identity and self-definition.

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• georgetown university
• berkley center
• interreligious dialogue
• international affairs
• proselytism