Concilium 2007/4 Christianity and Democracy

Introduction: Christianity and democracy / Luiz Carlos Susin – Lessons from a common past / Edouard Hoornaert – Laos and Koinonia in the Orthodox tradition / Jean-Francois Colosimo – Early modern Protestant foundations of democracy / John Witte – Catholic action and the church’s new place in society / Agenor Brighenti – The church: for and against democracy / Gregory Baum – The crisis of the people of God in biblical times: lessons for today? / Ne stor O. Mi guez – A critique and unmasking of present-day democracies and ways of humanizing them from the biblical-Jesuanic tradition / Jon Sobrino – Democracy in Africa: challenges for the state and the church / Peter Kanyandao – Challenges to faith and politics from present-day globalization / Jose Comblin – Christianity and global democratic processes / Felix Wilfred – Documentation: the Fifth General Conference of Latin American Bishops: a challenge to faith and a hermeneutical task / Maria Clara Bingemer – Remembering Giuseppe Alberigo.