The Revealer

Religion and the CIA


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What role has religion played in the CIA’s missions around the world? Dr. Michael Graziano, author of Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA, joins us to share captivating stories about religion in America’s Central Intelligence Agency. We explore how the CIA set out to understand religious traditions across the globe in their fight against Soviet communism, what happened when the CIA profoundly misunderstood how religion functions throughout the world, and how the CIA’s ideas about Islam have changed in the 21st century.
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The RevealerBy The Center for Religion and Media at NYU

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