Judd Birdsall
Biographic Data
| ID | 4140819 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judd Birdsall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judd |
| FAMILY NAME | Birdsall |
| SIGNATURE | BIRDSALL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | BirdLife International |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Privileged Christianity and Covenantal Pluralism in England
Evangelicals and Comprehensive Security
Using the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the World Evangelical Alliance as reference points, in this paper I do three things. First, I define my key terms: comprehensive security and evangelicalism. Second, I examine several of the most significant barriers to a wider embrace of the comprehensive security paradigm among evangelicals. Third, I look at some of the main evangelical statements that contribute to the cause of …
Introduction
The concept of "comprehensive security," developed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, helps to break down any dichotomization between security and freedom of religion or belief (FoRB).Comprehensive security involves the integration, rather than balancing, of three inter-related dimensions of security: the political-military, the economicenvironmental, and the human.The articles in this featured symposium in The Review of …
The “First Thanksgiving” in the 21st Century—as Retold in Presidential Proclamations
This article explores how American presidents retell and interpret the so-called “First Thanksgiving.” It offers analysis of the 20 presidential Thanksgiving proclamations issued from 2001 to 2020, situating them within the long evolution of the holiday. The specific focus is on how Bush, Obama, and Trump spoke of God, Pilgrims, Indians, and the enduring “spirit” of the First Thanksgiving. This analysis gives a glimpse into contemporary popular u…
Faith in Numbers
In this essay we attempt to do four things. First, we discuss the appeal of quantitative data generally and the particular salience of the Pew Research Center data on religious identification and religious restrictions. Second, we examine Pew’s data on religious identification. Third, we examine Pew’s data on religious restrictions. Fourth, we provide some recommendations for diplomats and other international affairs practitioners as they engage …
Quantifying Persecution
In this essay the authors—an international and interdisciplinary research team of scholars and practitioners—present the main challenges they faced, the solutions they developed, and their reflections and recommendations based on their research for the annual report of the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief & Religious Tolerance. The research team elucidated international law standards on FoRB and then assessed whethe…
Under Caesar’s Sword
How do Christians respond to persecution? If you read the Christian press you will likely find some stories where persecuted Christians are portrayed as faultless saintly victims, heroically enduri
Reconsidering Religious Radicalism
At an all-hands-on-deck meeting of National Security Staff in late February, newly arrived National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster reportedly told his staff that the phrase “radical Islamic terrori
Keep the Faith
Any discussion of post-Obama U.S. international religious freedom (IRF) policy needs to acknowledge two basic structural realities. First, the State Department’s IRF Office is arguably the stronges
Sue Breeze on British Foreign Policy and Religion
Additional informationNotes on contributorsSue Breeze is head of the Equality & Non-Discrimination Team within the Human Rights & Democracy Department at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. As a career diplomat she has worked on a wide range of bilateral and multilateral policy desks in the FCO. She currently heads up a team responsible for the UK's work to promote and protect FORB as well as a broad spread of other equalities issues such as women…
Eric Germain on French Foreign Policy and Religion
Notes1. The views expressed in this interview are those of the interviewee and not necessarily those of the Ministry of Defense or the French Government.Additional informationEric Germain, Ph.D., is a policy advisor at the Directorate for Strategic Affairs within the French Ministry of Defense. He was previously a researcher at the Institut d'Etudes de l'Islam et des Sociétés du Monde Musulman. He is the co-editor with Nathalie Clayer of Islam in…
Jean-Nicolas Bitter on Swiss Foreign Policy and Religion
Additional informationJean-Nicolas Bitter is the Senior Adviser on Religion, Politics, and Conflict at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. He previously served in the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a wide range of countries. His doctoral research explored the interplay between values and interests in conflicts between "worlds.”Judd Birdsall is a former U.S. diplomat and a current Ph.D. candidate at Cambridge Unive…
The Global Public Square
"The Global Public Square: Religious Freedom and the Making of a World Safe for Diversity." The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 11(4), pp. 75–76
Fawaz A. Gerges, Obama and the Middle East
A review of Fawaz A. Gerges, Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment? (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012)
Obama and the Drama Over International Religious Freedom Policy
What God Hath Put Asunder
A review of Stephen Prothero, God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World—and Why Their Differences Matter (New York: HarperCollins, 2010)
Understanding and Standing With the Persecuted
A review of: Ronald Boyd-MacMillan, Faith That Endures: The Essential Guide to the Persecuted Church (Grand Rapids: Revell, 2006). 364 pp. $14.99
Gerson's Conservatism
A review of: Michael J. Gerson, Heroic Conservatism: Why Republicans Need to Embrace American Ideals (And Why They Deserve to Fail if They Don't) (New York: HarperCollins, 2007). 302 pp. $26.95
The Cfia Forum
Judd Birdsall responds to Walter Russell Mead's Sept./Oct. 2006 Foreign Affairs article, “God's Country?” and critiques Mead's comparison of Calvinism to separationist fundamentalism. So-called “neo-Calvinists” are found across the Protestant spectrum and offer a much more nuanced and balanced approach to foreign policy than is sometimes portrayed. Calvinists share some commitments with evangelicals, including the authority of the Bible and the i…
Misadventures in Missions
A review of: David A. Livermore, Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-term Missions with Cultural Intelligence (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006). 188 pp. $12.99. Livermore's book seeks to correct the popular idea that missions is not so much a life-long calling but a one-week adventure. Indigenous people are likely to see short-termers with this perception as self-indulgent adventure-seekers who disregard local cultural mores. Livermore writes that…
Divine Roots of Human Rights
A review of: Elizabeth M. Bucar and Barbra Barnett, eds., Does Human Rights Need God? (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005). 405 pp. $38.00. This book includes essays from a range of theological and political perspectives and examines the unfortunate habit within the global rights community of ignoring foundational issues of religion and worldview. The book's editors acknowledge the impracticality of coming to a consensus on the basis of human rights, b…
Faith in Numbers
In this essay we attempt to do four things. First, we discuss the appeal of quantitative data generally and the particular salience of the Pew Research Center data on religious identification and religious restrictions. Second, we examine Pew’s data on religious identification. Third, we examine Pew’s data on religious restrictions. Fourth, we provide some recommendations for diplomats and other international affairs practitioners as they engage …
Obama and the Drama Over International Religious Freedom Policy
Introduction
The concept of "comprehensive security," developed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, helps to break down any dichotomization between security and freedom of religion or belief (FoRB).Comprehensive security involves the integration, rather than balancing, of three inter-related dimensions of security: the political-military, the economicenvironmental, and the human.The articles in this featured symposium in The Review of …
The “First Thanksgiving” in the 21st Century—as Retold in Presidential Proclamations
This article explores how American presidents retell and interpret the so-called “First Thanksgiving.” It offers analysis of the 20 presidential Thanksgiving proclamations issued from 2001 to 2020, situating them within the long evolution of the holiday. The specific focus is on how Bush, Obama, and Trump spoke of God, Pilgrims, Indians, and the enduring “spirit” of the First Thanksgiving. This analysis gives a glimpse into contemporary popular u…
Keep the Faith
Any discussion of post-Obama U.S. international religious freedom (IRF) policy needs to acknowledge two basic structural realities. First, the State Department’s IRF Office is arguably the stronges
Divine Roots of Human Rights
A review of: Elizabeth M. Bucar and Barbra Barnett, eds., Does Human Rights Need God? (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005). 405 pp. $38.00. This book includes essays from a range of theological and political perspectives and examines the unfortunate habit within the global rights community of ignoring foundational issues of religion and worldview. The book's editors acknowledge the impracticality of coming to a consensus on the basis of human rights, b…
The Cfia Forum
Judd Birdsall responds to Walter Russell Mead's Sept./Oct. 2006 Foreign Affairs article, “God's Country?” and critiques Mead's comparison of Calvinism to separationist fundamentalism. So-called “neo-Calvinists” are found across the Protestant spectrum and offer a much more nuanced and balanced approach to foreign policy than is sometimes portrayed. Calvinists share some commitments with evangelicals, including the authority of the Bible and the i…
Misadventures in Missions
A review of: David A. Livermore, Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-term Missions with Cultural Intelligence (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006). 188 pp. $12.99. Livermore's book seeks to correct the popular idea that missions is not so much a life-long calling but a one-week adventure. Indigenous people are likely to see short-termers with this perception as self-indulgent adventure-seekers who disregard local cultural mores. Livermore writes that…
Understanding and Standing With the Persecuted
A review of: Ronald Boyd-MacMillan, Faith That Endures: The Essential Guide to the Persecuted Church (Grand Rapids: Revell, 2006). 364 pp. $14.99
Gerson's Conservatism
A review of: Michael J. Gerson, Heroic Conservatism: Why Republicans Need to Embrace American Ideals (And Why They Deserve to Fail if They Don't) (New York: HarperCollins, 2007). 302 pp. $26.95
What God Hath Put Asunder
A review of Stephen Prothero, God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World—and Why Their Differences Matter (New York: HarperCollins, 2010)
Fawaz A. Gerges, Obama and the Middle East
A review of Fawaz A. Gerges, Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment? (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012)
Obama and the Drama Over International Religious Freedom Policy
The Global Public Square
"The Global Public Square: Religious Freedom and the Making of a World Safe for Diversity." The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 11(4), pp. 75–76
Sue Breeze on British Foreign Policy and Religion
Additional informationNotes on contributorsSue Breeze is head of the Equality & Non-Discrimination Team within the Human Rights & Democracy Department at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. As a career diplomat she has worked on a wide range of bilateral and multilateral policy desks in the FCO. She currently heads up a team responsible for the UK's work to promote and protect FORB as well as a broad spread of other equalities issues such as women…
Eric Germain on French Foreign Policy and Religion
Notes1. The views expressed in this interview are those of the interviewee and not necessarily those of the Ministry of Defense or the French Government.Additional informationEric Germain, Ph.D., is a policy advisor at the Directorate for Strategic Affairs within the French Ministry of Defense. He was previously a researcher at the Institut d'Etudes de l'Islam et des Sociétés du Monde Musulman. He is the co-editor with Nathalie Clayer of Islam in…
Jean-Nicolas Bitter on Swiss Foreign Policy and Religion
Additional informationJean-Nicolas Bitter is the Senior Adviser on Religion, Politics, and Conflict at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. He previously served in the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a wide range of countries. His doctoral research explored the interplay between values and interests in conflicts between "worlds.”Judd Birdsall is a former U.S. diplomat and a current Ph.D. candidate at Cambridge Unive…
Keep the Faith
Any discussion of post-Obama U.S. international religious freedom (IRF) policy needs to acknowledge two basic structural realities. First, the State Department’s IRF Office is arguably the stronges
Reconsidering Religious Radicalism
At an all-hands-on-deck meeting of National Security Staff in late February, newly arrived National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster reportedly told his staff that the phrase “radical Islamic terrori
Under Caesar’s Sword
How do Christians respond to persecution? If you read the Christian press you will likely find some stories where persecuted Christians are portrayed as faultless saintly victims, heroically enduri
Quantifying Persecution
In this essay the authors—an international and interdisciplinary research team of scholars and practitioners—present the main challenges they faced, the solutions they developed, and their reflections and recommendations based on their research for the annual report of the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief & Religious Tolerance. The research team elucidated international law standards on FoRB and then assessed whethe…
Faith in Numbers
In this essay we attempt to do four things. First, we discuss the appeal of quantitative data generally and the particular salience of the Pew Research Center data on religious identification and religious restrictions. Second, we examine Pew’s data on religious identification. Third, we examine Pew’s data on religious restrictions. Fourth, we provide some recommendations for diplomats and other international affairs practitioners as they engage …
The “First Thanksgiving” in the 21st Century—as Retold in Presidential Proclamations
This article explores how American presidents retell and interpret the so-called “First Thanksgiving.” It offers analysis of the 20 presidential Thanksgiving proclamations issued from 2001 to 2020, situating them within the long evolution of the holiday. The specific focus is on how Bush, Obama, and Trump spoke of God, Pilgrims, Indians, and the enduring “spirit” of the First Thanksgiving. This analysis gives a glimpse into contemporary popular u…
Evangelicals and Comprehensive Security
Using the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the World Evangelical Alliance as reference points, in this paper I do three things. First, I define my key terms: comprehensive security and evangelicalism. Second, I examine several of the most significant barriers to a wider embrace of the comprehensive security paradigm among evangelicals. Third, I look at some of the main evangelical statements that contribute to the cause of …
Introduction
The concept of "comprehensive security," developed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, helps to break down any dichotomization between security and freedom of religion or belief (FoRB).Comprehensive security involves the integration, rather than balancing, of three inter-related dimensions of security: the political-military, the economicenvironmental, and the human.The articles in this featured symposium in The Review of …
Privileged Christianity and Covenantal Pluralism in England
Political science (18 works) · Law (17 works) · Politics (14 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (14 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (11 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Faith (9 works) · Theology (7 works)