Christianity, democracy, and Maritain: a reading of a path of meetings and retreats

Paulo Reis Mourão; Pedro Miranda

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Christianity, democracy, and Maritain: a reading of a path of meetings and retreats

Paulo Reis Mourão^*, Pedro Miranda

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The thought of Jacques Maritain has generated strong motivations in terms of a renewal of democratic foundations over the last decades. Revisiting one of his major works, “Christianity and Democracy,” we discuss the complex relations between democracy and religion, especially between democracy and Christianity. As a result, in addition to moments of a certain commensalism between democracy and Christianity, many occasions of mutual criticism were also observed. We also explore a novel hypothesis in this debate—the possibility of democracy being perceived as a “religion” itself.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	231-249
Number of pages	19
Journal	International Review of Economics
Volume	67
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12232-019-00338-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2020

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Democracy
Maritain

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