OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Review of Faith & International Affairs is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The “First Thanksgiving” in the 21^st Century—as Retold in Presidential Proclamations	8
Clergy as First Responders: Rethinking Leadership in Religion and Peacebuilding	7
Islam and Citizenship: Democracy and the Quest for an Inclusive Public Ethics	7
Piecing the Puzzle—Women and Freedom of Religion or Belief	5
The Radical Christian Witness of Daniel Philpott’s Scholarship	5
Cultural Congruency and Covenantal Pluralism in the Lao PDR	5
Liberal Arts and the Legacy of China’s Christian Universities	4
Clash of the Titans or Friendly Bedfellows? Freedom of Religion or Belief and Women’s Rights in India	4
“Turkmen Islam” and the Paucity of Real Pluralism in Turkmenistan’s Post-Soviet Nation-building	4
The “Ashoka Approach” and Indonesian Leadership in the Movement for Pluralist Re-Awakening in South and Southeast Asia	4
Security After Christendom: Global Politics and Political Theology for Apocalyptic Times	3
Barriers to Covenantal Pluralism in Bangladeshi Public Opinion	3
Religion, Peace, and Inclusive Communication in Daniel Philpott’s Scholarship	3
Prospects for Covenantal Pluralism in the People's Republic of China: A Reflection on State Policy and Muslim Minorities	3
Daniel Philpott's Constructivist, Historical, and Institutionalist Contributions to the Study of Religion and International Relations	3
The Ambiguous Allure of Ashoka: Buddhist Kingship as Precedent, Potentiality, and Pitfall for Covenantal Pluralism in Thailand	3
UNESCO and the Drafting of the UDHR: Navigating Theories and Practices	2
Many Great Migrations: Colonial History and the Contest for American Identity	2
Pope Francis' Vision and Whole Child Education: Exploring the Foundational Beliefs of Cura Personalis and Accompaniment	2
A New Jesuit School in Brussels: Going to the Periphery	2
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Soviet Political Religion, and Soviet Law	2
Catholic Social Teaching and Economics: Reflections on the Economy of Francesco	2
Education, Integral Human Development, and Pope Francis' Call for a Global Compact: Introduction to the Special Issue	2
The Bahá’í Faith and Covenantal Pluralism: Promoting Oneness, Respecting Difference	2
Humanitarian Success Post Bellum	2

Introduction: Faith and the Founding Figures of Human Dignity	2
Pope Francis' Vision for Education and the Call for a Global Compact on Education	2
Curating Buddhism, Fostering Diplomacy: The “Secrets of the Fallen Pagoda” Exhibition in Singapore	2
An Encounter in Three Phases with an Intellectual Giant	2
When You Can’t Afford to Miss: Likelihood of Success and Discrimination in Cyberwarfare	2
Building Pluralism in Central Asia: Outlining an Experiential Approach in Kyrgyzstan	1
Freedom of Religion or Belief and Freedom of Expression	1
Evangelicals and Comprehensive Security	1
Comprehensive Security and LGBTQ Rights	1
The Loveliness Men Hide: Eleanor Roosevelt on Human Dignity	1
Freedom of Religion or Belief and Gender Equality in the Netherlands: Between Pillars, Polders, and Principles	1
Church-State Cooperation and its Impact on Freedom of Religion or Belief and on Gender Issues in Russia	1
The Rise of Environmentalism in the Shiʿi World: Evidence from Iran, Lebanon, and Yemen	1
Breaking the Conservative Monopoly on Religious Liberty	1
Indonesian Pluralities: Islam, Citizenship, and Democracy	1
Theorizing Catholicism in International Relations: An English School Framework	1
Covenantal Pluralism in the Era of HIV and AIDS in Zambia: A Reflection on the Zambia Interfaith Networking Group (ZINGO)	1
Legal Status of Vietnamese Protestant Churches: The Pros and Cons	1
Clerics Should be Champions of Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy: And Yet …	1
Covenantal Pluralism in “Homogenous” Japan: Finding a Space for Religious Pluralism	1
Professor Philpott: A Perspective from the Classroom	1
The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American DemocracyPhilip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the	1
Hindu Nuclear Politics and the Logic of Realism	1
Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy and Faith-Based Social Service Organizations’ Boards	1
Religious Inequalities and Human Rights: Implications for International Development	1
Women Driving in Saudi Arabia: Female Perceptions Five Years after Lifting of the Ban	1
An Experiential & Informal Pedagogy for Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy: Lessons from South Africa for a Troubled Muslim World	1
Controlled Religious Plurality: Possibilities for Covenantal Pluralism in Vietnam	1
Christian Nationalism's Threat to Global Democracy	1
Comprehensive Security and the Environment: The Challenge for Religions	1
Ukrainian Churches and the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Ukraine: Being Europe Without Accepting “Gender”	1
The Silence of the Roman Catholic Church on the Ukraine War	1
Drafting on the Basis of Dignity: John Peters Humphrey’s Contribution to the UDHR	1
Indonesia’s Fragmented Responses to International Pressure During the 2016–2017 Blasphemy Case	1
Know Your Enemy: Understanding the Worldview and Motives of Osama Bin Laden and the Jihadist Movement He Inspired	1
Why the Secular Academy Needs Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy	1
Religious Freedom and Reasonable Accommodation in South Africa: A Framework for Living with Deep Difference	1
Religion and the Prevention of Election Violence: Lessons from Kenya	1
Towards Religious Ways of Knowing: Reflections on the REL Symposium and the Future of the Field	1
Freedom of Religion or Belief is Security: The 2019 OSCE Policy Guidance on FoRB and Security	1
Accidental Diplomats: American Missionaries and the Cold War in Africa	1