Democracy and Religion: Theoretical and Empirical Observations on the Relationship between Christianity, Islam and Liberal Democracy.
In the book American Political Thought, historian Schleifer questions the critique of French historian Tocqueville, well known for his 1835 book Democracy in America. Schleifer further criticizes the 3-part breakdown of Tocqueville’s justification to religions central role in democracy, or according to him, a God favoured democracy. This text is important to my research because it […]