"Religion, Democracy, and the "Twin Tolerations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6286433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alfred Stepan (corresponding author), Alfred C Stepan |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 37-57 |
| Publication date | 2000-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2000.0088 |
| OpenAlex | W2021891063 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 253 |
| References cited | 11 |
Are all, or only some, of the world's religious systems politically compatible with democracy? This is, of course, one of the most important and heatedly debated questions of our times. My goal is to contribute to this debate from the perspective of comparative politics. More specifically, as a specialist in political institutions and democratization, I intend to discuss three questions, the answers to which should improve our understanding of this critical issue
Democracy · Democratization · Epistemology · Law and economics · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Public Administration · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
Religious authority and political solutions to conflict
Why religious influence varies
From Pluralism to Autocracy
The Communicative Frame of the Right as a New Form of Secularized Religiosity
Socialização e política
Cure or Curse? The Role of Religion in Violent Conflict and Peaceful Governance
Politics of Desecularization
Governing Cemeteries
Religious Voting in Western Democracies
The Global Politics of Jesus
Religion and State Are Twin Brothers
Religious Diversity and Religious Tolerance
The Awakening of Muslim Democracy
Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects
A Comparative Case Study of Religious Identities and Civic Rights in Three Multi-Religious Societies
“Secularism” or “no-secularism”? A complex case of Bangladesh
Do political affiliation and economic wellbeing thwart religious identification in China
Secular governance and religious diversity in Western, Central, Eastern Europe, and Latin America
Separation of Religion and State in Stable Christian Democracies
An alternative reading of religion and authoritarianism
Islam and Democracy in Indonesia
A New Science of Religion
The Invention of Jewish Theocracy
Divine Democracy
Political Secularism, Religion, and the State
Controlling Corruption
Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia
The Unfree Exercise of Religion
Religion, Gender, and the Public Sphere
Weapon of Peace
Religious Liberty in Transitional Societies
Lebanon
Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods before Me
In the Name of Democracy
Islam and Prosper Indonesia
A World Survey of Religion and the State
The Oxford Handbook of Secularism
Islam and Politics
Democratisation and State–religion Relations in Post-authoritarian Indonesia and Pakistan (1998–2018)
Image of God and Democratic Orientation
Reflektierte Führer in der Allianz der Toleranz
Crowding Out the Market
Reconciling religion and secular democracy
Negotiating Pluralism and Specifying Modernity in Greece
Recasting secular thinking for emancipatory feminist practice
Spiritual Values, Religious Practices, and Democratic Attitudes
Advocacy for Religious Freedom in Democratizing Indonesia
The Catholic Bishops in the U.S. Public Arena
Democracy and Religion in What State? State Projects, Sanitizing Politics, and Fracturing the Demos
Subnational Divergence in Religious Freedom
From the Communists and Post-Communists Alike
Eine Schwalbe macht noch keinen Frühling
Religion and European Integration
Discriminatory secularism and attacks on religious minorities in Europe
Challenges with Studying Islamist Groups in American Political Science
A case for democratic pluralism instead of democratic minimalism
Religious discrimination in European and Western Christian-majority democracies
Beweis für die Demokratieunverträglichkeit des politischen Islam oder Beleg der „Säkularismus-Falle“? Die Entwicklung der AKP zwischen „Muslim democracy“ und populistischer Partei
Between traps and tolerations
A governmentality approach on the transformative role of authoritarian secularism
The Reality of Spirituality and the Challenge of Religious Freedom in Indonesia
Secularism as a human right
Democracy and Islam
The Optional Preference? American Catholic Economic Advocacy and the Culture Wars
State Management of Unpopular Religious Public Policies in Israel
Nonviolence and Religion
Religion, nationalism, and gender
Same context, different political paths
Government Religion Policy and Religious Freedom in Post-Communist Eastern Europe and Central Asia 1990 to 2023
An Overview of the U.S. Military Chaplaincy
From Declaring to Doing? An Examination of Recent Muslim Declarations on Religious Pluralism and Freedom
Religious Freedom in Theory and Practice
Religion and Political Tolerance in South Korea
New democrats
The Regulation of Religious Affairs in Taiwan
Researching religious authority in education
Religious Authority in a Democratic Society
A Holy Alliance between the Catholic Church and Constitution-Makers? The Diffusion of the Clause of Cooperation in Third Wave Democracies
Religious Peacebuilding in Iraq
The Catholic Church and consolidation of democratic civil society in Spain
Mass–elite differences in new democracies
Unequally Yoked
Introduction
Religion, Politics and Society in Europe
Religion, Democracy and Civil Liberties
Globalization, State Formation and Religion in the Middle East
State Regulation of Religion and the Quality of Governance
Teaching Religion and International Relations
With Arms Wide Shut
Radical Changes in the Muslim World
Power Differences’ and ‘the Power of Difference’
Elite Strategies in a Global World
Politics of Immortality
Religion in European constitutions – cases of different secularities
Was Huntington right about Islam after all? The clash of civilizations at 30
Religious Freedom, the Arab Spring, and US Middle East Policy
Theorizing Religious Resurgence
Normative theorizing and political data
Egypt’s 2011–2012 parliamentary elections
Conservative Globalism at the Crossroads
Polyarchy
Social Justice in the Liberal State
Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation
Pakistan's Never-Ending Story
Paradigms, power, and identity
From Liberalism to Liberal Democracy
Chinese Culture and Political Renewal
Bangladesh's Second Chance
Democracy and Islamic Revivalism
Culture Is Destiny
Is Culture Destiny? The Myth of Asia's Anti-Democratic Values
| Unique citing works | 253 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 10,12 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2026 (26) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 247 |