Liberal Democracy - A Shorthand for Democracy

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Liberal democracy is a collection of institutional norms like the rule of law. It borrows from ancient greek democracy, but it really took its modern form in the seventeenth, eighteenth century. The term 'liberal' doesn't mean liberal versus conservative; it's just an abstraction that becomes real only in the form of democratic institutions.

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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