PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Second Vatican Council, Freedom Of Religion, Protestantism
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Protestantism and democracy: protestant reformation: 16th century division within christianity that resulted in the formation of various protestant christian religious sects, which split form the catholic. Church: religious pluralism- a diversity of forms of worship. 1965: democracy does not require separation of church and state, historical association between protestantism and democracy in western europe. Catholicism and democracy: up through the mid 20th century, catholicism and democracy did not mix well: the catholic. Islam and democracy: sharia- the body of islamic religious law, which governs individuals" public and private lives, substantial debate exists among muslims around the world whether islamic doctrine. Islam does not recognize the separation of church and state precludes democracy: many democracies do not separate church and state (uk, israel, greece, denmark, finland, status of muslim women. Zakaria: the islamic exception reading: arab world- trapped between autocratic states and illiberal societies 25% of middle.
