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Democracy in Crisis - 2026 Issue 1
2026 | Issue 1

Democracy in Crisis

Societies, Church, and Theology

Edited By

Carlos Schickendenttz, Luca Ferracci, Jonas Hagedorn, Ludovic Lado and Richard L. Wood

Beyond Multi-party Systems and Elections: Democratic Challenges in Africa

The Catholic Church and Hong Kong's Failed Democratization

US Democracy: The Civil Sphere, Public Catholicism, and Alternative Futures

Populism, Polarization, and the Crises of Democracy

Flashback: Catholic Post-Liberalism. Theoretical Support for Right-Wing Authoritarianism in the USA

Democracy and Corruption at the Limits of Globalized Neo-liberalism

Secular Republic, Liberal Democracy and the Catholic Church's Constitutional Doctrine

Polarization in the Church and the Synodal Logic of Pope Francis

Theological Forum

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

"Strengthening Synodality for the Long Term": The Synodal Path of the Local Church in Germany

Project Vatican II – Event and Mandate: An Intercultural and Decolonial Rereading of the Council