Sam Brownback on the Connection Between Religious Freedom and Human Rights
In the modern era, religious freedom — the ability to live and act according to one’s faith — has been seen as a profoundly important human right. To a disturbing degree, that is no longer true. Freedom of religion is often devalued in the public square, if not under direct assault.
No one has put more thought into this urgent matter of human freedom than my guest today, Sam Brownback, returning for his fourth interview on Humanize.
Brownback served as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom from February 2018 to January 2021. He served as Governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018.
Prior to that he represented his home state in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives. While a member of the Senate, he worked actively on the issue of religious freedom in multiple countries and was a key sponsor of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
Ambassador Brownback currently serves as co-chair of the Interntaional Religious Freedom Summit and is a Senior Fellow at Global Christian Relief. He is also chairman of the National Committee for Religious Freedom.
He and his wife Mary have five children and 11 grandchildren.
Related Resources
- The Brownback Group
- International Religious Freedom Summit
- National Council for Religious Freedom | ncrf.us and Religious Freedom in America
- National Committee for Religious Freedom
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