Christianity and Political Democracy in the Middle Ages and Modern Times

• Authors: Tiberiu Brăilean , Aurelian-Petruş Plopeanu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Today there is a fruitful dispute between secularists and those who argue the compatibility between Christianity, with its religious precepts and intrinsic system of ethical values, and the liberal democracy. The second group is however hopelessly wrong, as much as the first. This endeavor is epistemologically wrong and the argument is pretty simple. The institutions of divine right, such as the Church or family, shall be subject to the single principle or hierarchy of being, that goes beyond the narrow human consciousness and action. From this perspective, these institutions may be called undemocratic or they do not respect the ideology of inalienable human rights, as formulated at the present time.

Keywords

EN

Christianity; Democracy; Liberalism; State; Church

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human and Social Studies
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 119-137

Dates

published

2013-06-01

online

2013-07-05

Contributors

author

Tiberiu Brăilean

• Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Carol 1 Blvd. no. 22, 700505, Iaşi, Romania

author

Aurelian-Petruş Plopeanu

• Research Scientist III (CSIII), Department of Interdisciplinary Research in Social-Human Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Lascăr Catargi no. 54, 700107, Iasi, Romania, telephone no. 0740137858

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/hssr-2013-0007