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Entry on Christian Democracy in Encyclopedia of Political Thought

Posted on November 2, 2014 by H.M.T.D. ten Napel

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On the Encyclopedia:

‘The Encyclopedia of Political Thought is the most comprehensive and rigorous treatment of significant political thinkers, political theories, concepts, ideas, and schools of thought.

* Examines the history of political thought from antiquity to contemporary political theory and political philosophy

* Reflects diverse traditions in the evolution of political theory and political science

* Addresses the theorists, their key theories and methods from within the western canon and from non-western perspectives

* Offers over 900 entries including shorter definitions and biographies as well as extended treatments of major topics from over 700 contributors from around the world.

* Published in association with The Foundations of Political Theory, an organized section of the American Political Science Association

* Available as an online platform or as an eight volume print set.’

Abstract of the entry:

‘The origins of Christian democracy as an international political movement go back to the second half of the nineteenth century, when a number of (predominantly) Catholic confessional parties were founded in Europe. Generally speaking, these parties were opposed to liberal democracy as it had developed until then. Later on, in particular the tradition of modern Catholic social teaching, with the encyclicals Rerum Novarum (1891) and Quadragesimo Anno (1931) as milestones, has been an ideological influence. Yet, by organizing themselves into confessional parties, lay Catholics paradoxically also succeeded in achieving increasing independence vis-à-vis their church.’

See for more information: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118474396.wbept0139/abstract.

 

 

Posted in Democracy, Dutch Politics, Religion and Politics | Tagged Catholic social teaching, Christian Democracy, liberal democracy, Quadragesimo Anno, Rerum Novarum
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Recently, I have been able to capitalize on the fact that I thrive in interdisciplinary and international settings even further. In 2013 a research proposal I co-authored with historian James Kennedy as principal applicant, entitled ‘Religion Renegotiated: Faith-Based Organizations and the State in the Netherlands since the 1960s', was granted a major subsidy by the Dutch Association for Scientific Research (NWO). In 2014 I was awarded a Research Fellowship in Legal Studies at the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI) at Princeton University, USA, which enabled me to be in full-time residence at CTI for the academic year 2014-2015. Since 2015, I am a member of the editorial board of the Tijdschrift voor Religie, Recht en Beleid (Journal for Religion, Law and Policy).
Throughout my professional career my passion has been the question of how constitutional democracies can be designed in order to meet the demands of religiously and otherwise divided societies. My PhD thesis already dealt with the origins of the Dutch Christian Democratic party, whose predecessors were major architects of the pluriform democracy which has characterized the Netherlands during most of the 20th century. A new book, entitled 'Constitutionalism, Democracy and Religious Freedom. To Be Fully Human' (Routledge), is now published.

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