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Daniel Philpott on Religious Resurgence & Democratization

Is the global resurgence in public religiosity over the past 40 years linked in any way to the increase in democratic governance over the same period of time? Prof. Dan Philpott (Notre Dame) covers the historical trends of church-state relations and discusses how changes in political theologies and the increasing independence of religious organizations have provided a fertile ground for political democratization in some corners of the world. We examine how and why some religious traditions have been involved in promoting democracy under authoritarian conditions. Our discussion turns toward some speculation about the future of the “Arab Spring” at the end of our interview. This is the first part of a discussion of the book “God’s Century: Resurgent Religion and Global Politics.”

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David Gallagher on Opus Dei

Tags: Catholicism, Da Vinci Code, Days of Recollection, John Paul II, Josemaría Escrivá, liberation theology, numeraries, Opus Dei, Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, social conservatism, Spain, supernumeraries, University of Navarra, Vatican Council II

David Gallagher, Director of Communications for Opus Dei in NYC, discusses the history, organization and public perception of Opus Dei, a Catholic movement started in Spain in 1928 with the intent of encouraging holiness in one’s daily life.

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Corwin Smidt on Religion, Elections and the God Gap

Tags: Barack Obama, Catholicism, Democrats, elections, God gap, John F. Kennedy, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, modernists, Mormonism, religion and politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin, tea party movement, traditionalists

Corwin Smidt (Calvin College and the Henry Institute) discusses the role that religion plays in national elections with a focus on the 2008 presidential campaign. We explore whether the “God gap” disappeared in the 2008 presidential contest and whether religion will play a role in the 2010 mid-term elections for Congress. (To download, right click on the download button and choose “save target as…”).

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Philip Jenkins on Global Christianity

Historian Philip Jenkins discusses the changing face of global Christianity. The conversation begins by looking at the global nature of Christianity throughout history and how it became conceived of as a European faith. Our attention then turns to how Christianity is expanding and changing in Africa, Asia and Latin America and what this means for religion in Europe and the United States.

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