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State Department Establishes Office for Religious Engagement
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry has appointed a professor of Christian1 ethics2 as the first director of the State Department’s Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives.
The new office is the outgrowth of an initiative by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said it was important to engage foreign religious groups. She paid her respects at a Sufi shrine3 near Islamabad when she visited Pakistan in 2009.
At Wednesday’s ceremony, her successor John Kerry followed up on that point - by mentioning his recent meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah. Kerry said the king recognizes that Islam has in large measure been hijacked4 by people who distort the faith.
“We ignore the global impact of religion, in my judgment5, at our peril,” he said.
Kerry chose Christian theologian Shaun Casey to lead the new office for religious engagement. “As religious leaders and faith communities shape their environments, they also have an influence and shape our own foreign policy concerns here in the United States. It’s essential for the United States to understand them and to bring them into our diplomacy6 and development efforts.”
There was considerable controversy7 when the Bush administration created offices for faith-based initiatives at other government agencies. Now there are again worries that such an office at the State Department could blur8 the line between church and state.
Kerry promised to respect that constitutionally-mandated line. “But what we are doing is guided by the conviction that we have to find ways to translate our faiths into efforts that unify9 for the greater good. That can be done without crossing any lines whatsoever,” he said.
Casey said he would work with the state department’s Office of International Religious Freedom, which monitors the mistreatment of religious groups abroad.
1 Christian | |
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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2 ethics | |
n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准 | |
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3 shrine | |
n.圣地,神龛,庙;v.将...置于神龛内,把...奉为神圣 | |
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4 hijacked | |
劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 ); 绑架; 拦路抢劫; 操纵(会议等,以推销自己的意图) | |
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5 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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6 diplomacy | |
n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕 | |
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n.争论,辩论,争吵 | |
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8 blur | |
n.模糊不清的事物;vt.使模糊,使看不清楚 | |
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9 unify | |
vt.使联合,统一;使相同,使一致 | |
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