The Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR) conducts research and training on the interfaces of and tensions between religion, toleration, and democracy in the world. It opened in July 2006, with initial funding from the Henry Luce Foundation. The Center addresses five inter-related themes critical to training the next generation of global leaders and researchers:

1. New Approaches to Religion and International Affairs
2. Democracy and Religion in Research and Practice
3. Tolerance, Conflict, and Religious Difference: Historical and Contemporary Issues
4. Religion, Human Rights and Public Policy
5. Experiments in Track-two Diplomacy: International Religious Conflict and Toleration in Sacred Sites

The center supports graduate courses, post-doctoral training and student-faculty research initiatives and develops new research networks on religion and politics.