...Lithuania’s first democratic government was established in 1918 and sustained by active participation of Catholic political parties (e.g., Lithuanian Christian Democrat’s Party), clergy (e.g., Bishop Jurgis Matulaitis), and grassroots movements (e.g., Ateitis). Though suppressed...

...King Kazimierz III (1333–70) did much to stabilize and strengthen Poland. In 1378 Poland’s nobles offered the crown to Jogaila, grand duke of Lithuania. As a result, Poland became an agent of Catholicism’s eastward expansion, and the church in Poland became increasingly enmeshed with Eastern...

... to recognizing the republican principle of non-domination. Ingram provides a thorough comparative analysis of the situations in Indonesia, Lithuania, and Peru to support his argument. Arab Spring Benedict XVI pope civil discourse deliberative democracy democracy Habermas Jürgen Indonesia...

...Schuck draws summary themes from the several perspectives taken in the book on democracy, culture, and Catholicism in Indonesia, Lithuania, Peru, and the United States. One is the observation that democracy is a response to the suffering of inequality. Another is that democracy is a personal...

...The dynamic interplay of democracy, culture, and Catholicism in the contemporary world is analyzed in twenty-three essays focused on four diverse countries: Indonesia, Lithuania, Peru, and the United States. The three-way relationship between democracy, culture, and Catholicism in these countries...