Vortrag: Is Religion Incompatible With Democracy

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Vortrag von Prof. Marcia Pally, New York University und Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. Hardly a day goes by when religion is not in the news – often with the suggestion that devout faith is a threat to liberal democracy and a prompt to violence. What then are the religious beliefs and political practices that advance both vibrant religious life and liberal democracy? Are there cases where both liberal democracy and faith flourish? One such case is America’s “new evangelicals” – a devout group that is neither fundamentalist nor fanatic, not only democratic but often progressive, and on many issues, supporters of Obama. Prof. Pally will discuss the link between their religious and political beliefs, which offer new insights into the changing landscape of the US. – In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Baden-Württemberg Seminar of the Heidelberg Center for American Studies.