Christianity and Democracy
The Global Picture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6286906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Berger (0000-0002-6530-3956, corresponding author), Peter L Berger |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 76-80 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-01 |
| 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.2004.0022 |
| OpenAlex | W2043017963 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
It is no accident that democracy first arose within the ambit of Western or Latin Christianity. Looking at Christianity and democracy around the world today, one sees that the Roman Catholic Church has shed its stance of opposition, or at best grudging accommodation, to democracy and in fact become a defender of human rights and government by consent. Protestants affirm democracy as well, and the world of Orthodoxy, while ambivalent, is leaning in a direction that essentially accepts democracy. In their attitudes toward politics and the public sphere at least, all faiths that embrace democracy also tend to undergo a certain â Protestantization.â
Ambivalence · Christianity · Democracy · Human rights · Latin Americans · Opposition (politics · Orthodoxy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Sociology · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions
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China-Burma Geopolitical Relations in the Cold War
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Political Attitudes in the Muslim World
The Role of Protestantism in Democratic Consolidation Among Transitional States
Catholic Democratization
Way-Making
Saisir le « nouveau pluralisme religieux
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,79 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |