Political Structures: Democracy

What are the consequences of different paths toward democracy? How can religion support democratic diversity? And what ongoing dilemmas do democrat...

Democracy harbors within it fundamental tensions between the ideal of giving everyone equal consideration and the reality of having to make legitim...

Theosis, or the principle of divine-human communion, sparks the theological imagination of Orthodox Christians and has been historically important ...

Polarization between political religionists and militant secularists on both sides of the Atlantic is on the rise. Critically engaging with traditi...

Around the globe, democracy appears broken. With political and socioeconomic inequality on the rise, we are faced with the urgent question of how t...

Should Brexit or Trump cause us to doubt our faith in democracy? Are ''''the people'''' too ignorant or stupid to rule? Numerous commentators are s...

This urgent book offers not only a clear-eyed explanation of the forces that broke our politics, but a thoughtful and, yes, patriotic vision of ho...

A challenge to conventional wisdom about the spread of democracy Since the end of the Cold War, the assumption among most political theorists has b...

From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have changed the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped.The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches ...

1619 offers a new interpretation of the significance of Jamestown in the long trajectory of American history. Jamestown, the cradle of American dem...

The victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 election left specialists of American politics perplexed and concerned about the future of US democracy. Be...

A New York Times Book Review Editors ChoiceIn 1858, challenger Abraham Lincoln debated incumbent Stephen Douglas seven times in the race for a U.S....

How have generations of Americans debated and shaped the constitutional meanings of liberty, equality, justice, and We, the people? What roles have...