US Democracy: The Civil Sphere, Public Catholicism, and Alternative Futures
Recent decades have witnessed the erosion of the cultural foundations of democracy in the United States, which helped enable the capture of key democratic institutions by anti-civil and anti-democratic forces. This article will briefly diagnose the cultural and institutional erosion that undergirded...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2026
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2026, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-41 |
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United States
B Democracy B Catholic Church |
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