Author: Daniel Philpott | Journal of Democracy

Daniel Philpott is assistant professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and faculty fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. He is the author of Revolutions in Sovereignty: How Ideas Shaped Modern International Relations (2001).

April 2004, Volume 15, Issue 2

Christianity and Democracy: The Catholic Wave

Daniel Philpott

Long wary of the modern state as such, the Roman Catholic church became a champion of democratic government around the time of Vatican II, and helped to set off the Thrird Wave of democratization.

World Religions and Democracy

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond
Philip J. Costopoulos

Can religion be compatible with liberal democracy? This volume brings together insights from renowned scholars and world leaders in a provocative discussion of religions' role in the success or failure of democracy.