"With this highly readable and richly documented book, Allen Hertzke shows why everyone concerned about human flourishing should come to the aid of religious freedom. Skeptics will be surprised and human rights advocates heartened by Hertzke's examples of religious freedom's demonstrable benefits." Mary Ann Glendon, author of In the Courts of Three Popes
"This is a most important book on one of the great problems plaguing the modern worldreligious persecutionwritten by one of the towering figures in the field of religious freedom studies." Nilay Saiya, author of Weapon of Peace
"Hertzke's masterful analysis and deep expertise cogently argues for the global importance of protecting freedom of belief and its far-reaching implications for human flourishing." H. Knox Thames, author of Ending Persecution
"Hertzke masterfully weaves together the social science of religious freedom that has arisen in the past generation, demonstrating beyond a reasonable doubt that this 'x factor' is one of the most potent forces for justice and flourishing in the political realm." Daniel Philpott, author of Religious Freedom in Islam
"Hertzke's zeal for his thesis is energizing, and his analysis of religious freedom as a core element of democracy is illuminating. Readers will be persuaded." Publishers Weekly
"It can be cliché to declare an excellent new book 'required reading' for those interested in its topic. But in the case of Allen Hertzke's Why Religious Freedom Matters, I mean it quite literally. . . . Everyone involved in the fight for religious freedomstatesmen, diplomats, scholars, activists, clerics, philanthropists, and ordinary citizens who sustain the causewill be greatly equipped and encouraged by this book." The Review of Faith & International Affairs
"Allen Hertzke's Why Religious Freedom Matters is a welcome overview of the vital importance of religious freedom by a veteran writer of informed studies on the subject over the last 30 years. The book comes at a critical time since both religious freedom and knowledge of its salience are both sadly being eroded." Providence
