Church, Community and Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12663343 |
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| Authors | Daniel Ott (Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, IL 61462, USA), Daniel J Ott (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 347-362 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-29 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1462-317X • E-ISSN: 1743-1719 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/poth.v12i3.347 |
| OpenAlex | W2092774987 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The doctrine of church shapes Christian practice around community, producing a Christian worldview that privileges communal life. Authoritarian and/or sectarian conceptions of church will by definition undermine the practice and sustainability of democracy. Democratic practices are needed to avoid authoritarianism within the church and to promote dialogue between the church and the larger community. Resulting, qualified understandings of community may allow for helpful reformation of the doctrine of church and create space for a communitarian corrective to the overly secular and individualistic conceptions of democracy that are currently dominant
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Doctrine · Environmental ethics · Individualism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions
| Highly cited | No |
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