Do Christianity and modern liberal democracy share a common moral
vision, or are they opposed and even hostile to each other? In
Christian Faith and Modern Democracy, Robert Kraynak challenges the
commonly accepted view that Christianity is inherently compatible
with modern democratic society. Contrary to conventional wisdom,
Kraynak argues that there is no necessary connection between
Christianity and any form of government and that, in many important
respects, Christianity is weakened by its close alliance with
contemporary versions of democracy and human rights.
Christian Faith and Modern Democracy was written, in part, to
convince secular intellectuals that modern democracy needs God. But
it was also written in response to the new consensus about politics
that has emerged among Christian believers. Almost all churches and
theologians now think that the form of government most compatible
with Christianity is democracy and that the historic opposition of
the Christian tradition to democracy and to various forms of
liberalism was a mistake. What caused Christians to change their
view of political authority and to embrace liberal democracy? Were
they wise to change their view?
This provocative book attempts to answer these questions by
reexamining the relationship between democracy and Christianity
through the lens of St. Augustine's distinction between the city of
God and the earthly city, applied to the conditions of the modern
age. Kraynak argues that St. Augustine's teaching provides the
basis for a Christian theory of constitutional government and
permits a variety of legitimate forms of government, including
constitutional democracy. Yet, unlike contemporary
Christiandoctrines, it does so without embracing the subversive
premises of liberalism that have threatened to turn the Christian
faith into little more than a mirror image of the modern world.
Sure to spark controversy among secular intellectuals and
Christian believers alike, this insightful volume is an outstanding
work of political philosophy with a firm foundation in
theology.
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