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• Winner of Honorable Mention, 2020 Book Award International Studies Association's Religion and International Relations Section Special Mention of Excellence for the 2019 Alberigo Awards from the European Academy of Religion.
• Winner of Special Mention of Excellence for the 2019 Alberigo Awards from the European Academy of Religion.

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""This is a big book with an important argument: ambitious, erudite, and presented with great clarity. Students of religion, foreign policy, and world politics will be thinking with it, and contesting it, for many years to come."" -- Daniel J. Levine, Religions ""Finding Faith in Foreign Policy broadens our understanding of the relationship between religion and politics ... Bettiza's book opens up several exciting areas for future research."" -- Alexandra Domike Blackman, Perspectives on Politics ""Few studies ... systematically analyze the connections between faith-based groups and US foreign policymaking. Finding Faith in Foreign Policy works to fill this gap, shedding light on the complex relationships between religion and US foreign policy initiatives."" -- Nukhet Sandal, International Studies Review ""In Finding Faith in Foreign Policy, Bettiza definitively documents the proliferation of religion across the United States' diplomatic bureaucracy in recent decades."" -- David Buckley, International Studies Review ""This is progress from the tendency in existing scholarship to focus on controversies over religious freedom."" -- David Buckley, International Studies Review ""an enduring summation of trends within the American foreign policy bureaucracy from the Cold War's end to our current, unstable period of international order."" -- David Buckley, International Studies Review ""...[A] rigorous, insightful and stimulating account of the contemporary role of religion in American policy formation."" -- James L. Guth, Furman University, Politics, Religion & Ideology ""The first Appendix alone is worth the price of admission and makes Finding Faith in Foreign Policy a new standard reference in any work on religion in American diplomacy."" -- Robert J. Joustra, Redeemer University College, The Review of Faith and International Affairs ""the book triggers important debates and paves the way for future research on the emergence of foreign policy regimes in other countries as well as their effects on the international politics of religion...it provides a valuable opportunity to reflect on the revival of religion in North America and on how religion, state and politics interact."" -- Anne Jenichen, Politics, Religion & Ideology ""this vital book enables all of us-from policymaker to practitioner, scholar to student DL to take an enormous step forward in our common endeavor to better understand the role of faith in international affairs, between and among states, and societies, thereby increasing the likelihood of religion's positive role in our world"" -- Chris Seiple, Politics and Religion ""Gregorio Bettiza's fine account of the infusion of religion into the American diplomatic establishment is not only a welcome venture, but also a pioneering one."" -- James Guth, Politics, Religion & Ideology ""Book packed with first-rate theory and analysis."" -- Robert Joustra, The Review of Faith & International Affairs ""Bettiza's Finding Faith in Foreign Policy is a much needed contribution to the much neglected studies of religion in world affairs. With theoretical creativity and careful historical analysis of recent American foreign policy, Bettiza analyzes how forces of secularization and desecularization combined, in a period of religious resurgence, to push American foreign policy elites to rethink its relationship to faith."" -Michael Barnett, University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, George Washington University ""Gregorio Bettiza's Finding Faith in Foreign Policy is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the religious policies of the United States : from the International Religious Freedom Act onward. It is a must for scholars and students of diplomacy and religion."" -Jocelyne Cesari, Professor of religion and politics, University of Birmingham and Georgetown University ""With Finding Faith in Foreign Policy, Gregorio Bettiza provides the most systematic and theoretically rigorous analysis to date of the recent growing interest in religion within American diplomacy. By identifying an emerging sequence of 'religious regimes' within US foreign policy over the past two decades, he is able to highlight points of broad thematic continuity across Republican and Democratic administrations alike, even when they were divided by sharp political and operational discontinuities. Essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of religion and contemporary diplomacy."" -Peter Mandaville, Schar School of Policy & Government, George Mason University

Finding Faith in Foreign Policy broadens our understanding of the relationship between religion and politics ... Bettiza's book opens up several exciting areas for future research. -- Alexandra Domike Blackman, Perspectives on Politics Few studies ... systematically analyze the connections between faith-based groups and US foreign policymaking. Finding Faith in Foreign Policy works to fill this gap, shedding light on the complex relationships between religion and US foreign policy initiatives. -- Nukhet Sandal, International Studies Review In Finding Faith in Foreign Policy, Bettiza definitively documents the proliferation of religion across the United States' diplomatic bureaucracy in recent decades. -- David Buckley, International Studies Review This is progress from the tendency in existing scholarship to focus on controversies over religious freedom. -- David Buckley, International Studies Review an enduring summation of trends within the American foreign policy bureaucracy from the Cold War's end to our current, unstable period of international order. -- David Buckley, International Studies Review ...[A] rigorous, insightful and stimulating account of the contemporary role of religion in American policy formation. -- James L. Guth, Furman University, Politics, Religion & Ideology The first Appendix alone is worth the price of admission and makes Finding Faith in Foreign Policy a new standard reference in any work on religion in American diplomacy. -- Robert J. Joustra, Redeemer University College, The Review of Faith and International Affairs the book triggers important debates and paves the way for future research on the emergence of foreign policy regimes in other countries as well as their effects on the international politics of religion...it provides a valuable opportunity to reflect on the revival of religion in North America and on how religion, state and politics interact. -- Anne Jenichen, Politics, Religion & Ideology this vital book enables all of us-from policymaker to practitioner, scholar to student DL to take an enormous step forward in our common endeavor to better understand the role of faith in international affairs, between and among states, and societies, thereby increasing the likelihood of religion's positive role in our world -- Chris Seiple, Politics and ReligionA Gregorio Bettiza's fine account of the infusion of religion into the American diplomatic establishment is not only a welcome venture, but also a pioneering one. -- James Guth, Politics, Religion & Ideology Book packed with first-rate theory and analysis. -- Robert Joustra, The Review of Faith & International Affairs Bettiza's Finding Faith in Foreign Policy is a much needed contribution to the much neglected studies of religion in world affairs. With theoretical creativity and careful historical analysis of recent American foreign policy, Bettiza analyzes how forces of secularization and desecularization combined, in a period of religious resurgence, to push American foreign policy elites to rethink its relationship to faith. -Michael Barnett, University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, George Washington University Gregorio Bettiza's Finding Faith in Foreign Policy is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the religious policies of the United States : from the International Religious Freedom Act onward. It is a must for scholars and students of diplomacy and religion. -Jocelyne Cesari, Professor of religion and politics, University of Birmingham and Georgetown University With Finding Faith in Foreign Policy, Gregorio Bettiza provides the most systematic and theoretically rigorous analysis to date of the recent growing interest in religion within American diplomacy. By identifying an emerging sequence of 'religious regimes' within US foreign policy over the past two decades, he is able to highlight points of broad thematic continuity across Republican and Democratic administrations alike, even when they were divided by sharp political and operational discontinuities. Essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of religion and contemporary diplomacy. -Peter Mandaville, Schar School of Policy & Government, George Mason University

With Finding Faith in Foreign Policy, Gregorio Bettiza provides the most systematic and theoretically rigorous analysis to date of the recent growing interest in religion within American diplomacy. By identifying an emerging sequence of 'religious regimes' within US foreign policy over the past two decades, he is able to highlight points of broad thematic continuity across Republican and Democratic administrations alike, even when they were divided by sharp political and operational discontinuities. Essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of religion and contemporary diplomacy. -Peter Mandaville, Schar School of Policy & Government, George Mason University Gregorio Bettiza's Finding Faith in Foreign Policy is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the religious policies of the United States: from the International Religious Freedom Act onward. It is a must for scholars and students of diplomacy and religion. -Jocelyne Cesari, Professor of religion and politics, University of Birmingham and Georgetown University Bettiza' Finding Faith in Foreign Policy is a much needed contribution to the much neglected studies of religion in world affairs. With theoretical creativity and careful historical analysis of recent American foreign policy, Bettiza analyzes how forces of secularization and desecularization combined, in a period of religious resurgence, to push American foreign policy elites to rethink its relationship to faith. -Mchael Barnett, University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, George Washington University

the book triggers important debates and paves the way for future research on the emergence of foreign policy regimes in other countries as well as their effects on the international politics of religion...it provides a valuable opportunity to reflect on the revival of religion in North America and on how religion, state and politics interact. -- Anne Jenichen, Politics, Religion & Ideology this vital book enables all of us-from policymaker to practitioner, scholar to student DL to take an enormous step forward in our common endeavor to better understand the role of faith in international affairs, between and among states, and societies, thereby increasing the likelihood of religion's positive role in our world -- Chris Seiple, Politics and ReligionA Gregorio Bettiza's fine account of the infusion of religion into the American diplomatic establishment is not only a welcome venture, but also a pioneering one. -- James Guth, Politics, Religion & Ideology Book packed with first-rate theory and analysis. -- Robert Joustra, The Review of Faith & International Affairs Bettiza's Finding Faith in Foreign Policy is a much needed contribution to the much neglected studies of religion in world affairs. With theoretical creativity and careful historical analysis of recent American foreign policy, Bettiza analyzes how forces of secularization and desecularization combined, in a period of religious resurgence, to push American foreign policy elites to rethink its relationship to faith. -Michael Barnett, University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, George Washington University Gregorio Bettiza's Finding Faith in Foreign Policy is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the religious policies of the United States : from the International Religious Freedom Act onward. It is a must for scholars and students of diplomacy and religion. -Jocelyne Cesari, Professor of religion and politics, University of Birmingham and Georgetown University With Finding Faith in Foreign Policy, Gregorio Bettiza provides the most systematic and theoretically rigorous analysis to date of the recent growing interest in religion within American diplomacy. By identifying an emerging sequence of 'religious regimes' within US foreign policy over the past two decades, he is able to highlight points of broad thematic continuity across Republican and Democratic administrations alike, even when they were divided by sharp political and operational discontinuities. Essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of religion and contemporary diplomacy. -Peter Mandaville, Schar School of Policy & Government, George Mason University

Bettiza's Finding Faith in Foreign Policy is a much needed contribution to the much neglected studies of religion in world affairs. With theoretical creativity and careful historical analysis of recent American foreign policy, Bettiza analyzes how forces of secularization and desecularization combined, in a period of religious resurgence, to push American foreign policy elites to rethink its relationship to faith. -Michael Barnett, University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, George Washington University Gregorio Bettiza's Finding Faith in Foreign Policy is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the religious policies of the United States : from the International Religious Freedom Act onward. It is a must for scholars and students of diplomacy and religion. -Jocelyne Cesari, Professor of religion and politics, University of Birmingham and Georgetown University With Finding Faith in Foreign Policy, Gregorio Bettiza provides the most systematic and theoretically rigorous analysis to date of the recent growing interest in religion within American diplomacy. By identifying an emerging sequence of 'religious regimes' within US foreign policy over the past two decades, he is able to highlight points of broad thematic continuity across Republican and Democratic administrations alike, even when they were divided by sharp political and operational discontinuities. Essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of religion and contemporary diplomacy. -Peter Mandaville, Schar School of Policy & Government, George Mason University

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Gregorio Bettiza is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Exeter. He received his PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2012 and was Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy between 2012-14. Gregorio has also held Visiting Fellowships at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC in 2011 and 2017. His work has been published, among others, in the European Journal of International Relations, Review of International Studies, International Studies Review, International Studies Perspectives, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and Oxford Bibliographies.

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