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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Democracy is not everything. A plea for non-democratic enclaves

During the ECPYN Regional Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, a Ukrainian participant raised an important question. Christian-Democracy is one way, but there have been Christian politicians that functioned in different forms of government, so why Christian-Democracy? In this article Jonathan van Tongeren explains how democracy is not a goal in itself, but a means to a certain end and why democracy should not be a Christian-Democrat’s first concern.

Read more at the Christians and Politics Portal !