Isn't Christianity a Unique Contribution of Christians?

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Liberal democracy can often be laid at the feet of thedeprivate institutions like churches that fail to exercise their liberty a responsibly. The presence of a witness, a strong witness, and a cultural influence of christianity actually restrains that adomizing, highly individualistic impulse which i think is actually there. There were few continents on the planet where there was a tighter integration between church and state than europe. And europe, in many ways, is a waste land of christian religiosity.

This week David and Curtis offer a follow up discussion on fundamentalism, clarifying some key points from the previous episode and diving deeper into how we can become fundamentalists without even knowing it! Do our increasingly homogenous social groups perhaps push us toward fundamentalism and even radicalization? How might the presence of even a few diverse voices impact these groups? This then leads to a discussion about liberal democracy and how it is under assault, not just globally (as in Russia/Ukraine), but even here in the US. How should our Christian faith inform things like our system of government and our embrace (or rejection) of liberal democracy?

Show Notes:

-Cass Sunstein - The Law of Group Polarization

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