Christian Faith and Modern Democracy
Subtitle: God and Politics in the Fallen World (Frank M. Covey, Jr. Loyola Lectures in Politial Analysis)
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: September 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780268022655
Subjects: Political structures: democracy; Church And Society; Religion; Religion - Church History; Psychology; Christian Life - Political Issues; Christianity - History - General; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Christian Theology - General; Political; Christianity; Christianity and politics; Democracy; Religious aspects
Description: "In Christian Faith and Modern Democracy, Robert Kraynak challenges the commonly accepted view that Christianity is inherently compatible with modern democratic society. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Kraynak argues that there is no necessary connection between Christianity and any form of government and that, in many important respects, Christianity is weakened by its close alliance with contemporary versions of democracy and human rights.".

"Christian Faith and Modern Democracy was written, in part, to convince secular intellectuals that modern democracy needs God. But it was also written in response to the new consensus about politics that has emerged among Christian believers. Almost all churches and theologians now think that the form of government most compatible with Christianity is democracy and that the historic opposition of the Christian tradition to democracy and to various forms of liberalism was a mistake.

What caused Christians to change their view of political authority and to embrace liberal democracy? Were they wise to change their view?"--BOOK JACKET.