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Democracy in Crisis: Societies, Church and Theology

14:27 09/02/2026
Democracy in Crisis: Societies, Church and Theology

Editorial                                                                                     

Part One: Characteristics and Conditions of Democracies in Different Cultural Contexts

Beyond Multi-party Systems and Elections: Democratic Challenges in Africa 
LUDOVIC LADO, THÉODORE NTSENGUE LEBONGO, JÉROME EMMANUEL BOUNTSEBE EKASSI AND EMÉRAN JOSEPH EVEGA EYENGA ONANA

The Catholic Church and Hong Kong’s Failed Democratization
CHIT WAI JOHN MOK

US Democracy: The Civil Sphere, Public Catholicism, and Alternative Futures
RICHARD L. WOOD

 

Part Two: Some Symptoms of the Crisis of Democracies

Populism, Polarization and the Crises of Democracy
MARCIA PALLY

Flashback: Catholic Post-Liberalism. Theoretical Support for Right-Wing Authoritarianism in the USA
JONAS HAGEDORN, NOAH HEINEMANN AND CHRISTOPHER WASHNOCK

Democracy and Corruption at the Limits of Globalized Neo-liberalism
BERNARDO PÉREZ ANDREO

 

Part Three: Democratic Cultures and Ecclesial and Theological Challenges

Secular Republic, Liberal Democracy and the Catholic Church’s Constitutional Doctrine
HERMANN-JOSEF GROSSE KRACHT

Polarization in the Church and the Synodal Logic of Pope Francis
CARLOS MARÍA GALLI

 

Theological Forum

The Synodal Path of the Churches in Italy: Learnings and Questions from a National Synodal Process
FRANCESCO ZACCARIA

“Strengthening Synodality for the Long Term”: The Synodal Path of the Local Church in Germany
MARGIT ECKHOLT

Project Vatican II – Event and Mandate: an Intercultural and Decolonial Rereading of the Council
SANDRA ARENAS