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Religion and democracy

by David Marquand, Ronald L. Nettler

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100 years ago, secular liberals thought religion would gradually recede from the public sphere and become an exclusively private concern. Today, organized religion is still a powerful political force in most parts of the world. But is it an ally or an enemy of pluralist democracy?

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