Democracy After Christendom

James Paul Lusk

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Cascade Books
13 November 2025

Religion & politics; Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy

Series: After Christendom

America fought a civil war so that ""government of the people, by the people, for the people should not perish from the earth."" In these words, President Abraham Lincoln made ""democracy"" the cause for which the United States must survive. Now, over a third of the world's people live in recognized democracies. But democracy's advance is faltering. Three-quarters of Americans think their democracy is under threat. Just a third of British people think theirs is working well. What has gone wrong? We have a problem. We have forgotten where today's democracy came from. We no longer know what it means. The first modern democracy was a system ""held by consent."" It meant individual self-government according to conscience. It was a political idea designed to replace Christendom and eliminate religious persecution. In this ""democracy after Christendom,"" American Christianity and American democracy both flourished. Now, ""cultural war"" is fought over demands for a new Christendom. In this war against democracy, freedom suffers. The evangelical founder of modern democracy did not call for consensus, nor for majority rule. He called for ""mere civility."" It is time for a new generation to rediscover these roots, and to reinvent democracy.

By: James Paul Lusk
Imprint: Cascade Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 254g
ISBN: 9781666757132
ISBN 10: 1666757136
Series: After Christendom
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 13 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

As a child, James Paul Lusk learnt of his grandparents' fate--killed by the state, just because of their race. ""What sort of government does that?"" he wondered. He went on to be a prize-winning Oxford politics scholar, UN aid worker, teacher, journalist, and community organizer. He is the author of The Jesus Candidate: Political Religion in a Secular Age (2017).

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