The Relationship Between Christianity and Democracy

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There is a sense in which both parties in this relationship have left each other over the ears, right? There's also a sense though, that the parent has left the child. That tha christians have forgotten. They've almost become like the senile, a dimentia induced parent. Now don't recognize their parental responsibility for democracy. A misinterpretation of the separation of church and state doctrinas to say, let's squash christianity,. or any religion, from public, from the public square, entirely.

Liberal democracy is under military threat abroad, and intellectual threat in America. And many of these domestic attacks are coming from within Christianity. So should Christians care about defending democracy? What are the connections between our Christian faith and America’s form of self-government? This week David and Curtis dive headlong into this deep and fascinating issue, including some history, some theology, and some critical guidance for why we Christians must indeed care about the state of our democracy and its institutions.

Show Notes:

-French Press: “A Christian Defense of American Classical Liberalism”

-Sarah Repucci & Amy Slipowitz (Freedom House): “Democracy Under Siege”

-From John Adams to Massachusetts Militia, 11 October 1798

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