Public theology and Democracy's future
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2804636 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Max L Stackhouse (Princeton Theological Seminary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 49-54 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Faith & International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1931-7743 • E-ISSN: 1557-0274 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15570274.2009.9523393 |
| OpenAlex | W1978003538, W2357069644 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Enduring civilizations have had a religious, moral architecture to guide leaders and evoke sacrificial commitments. The Judeo-Christian tradition offers two biblicalthemes that undergird the “principled pluralism” that presses society toward democracy: the recognition of sin and the possibility of covenant. A serious public theology will engage the great world religions to find comparable concepts and prospects for an emerging global civil society. A viable democracy depends on a division of powers not only within the government, but among the institutions outside state control in a viable civil society. And civil society is strongest where multiple religious institutions are well developed. Keywords: ChristianityJudaismGlobalizationCivil SocietyTheologyDemocracyPluralism
Civil society · Covenant · Democracy · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Religious pluralism · Sociology · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Christian Theology and Mission · Law · Philosophy · Public Administration · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |