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MBS TEXTE 143 Despite much ambivalence towards the relationship between Christianity and democracy, there are reasons that convinced Christians and minority churches have called for secular democracy, have moved it forward, and have helped to stabilize it.
Interviews with Thomas Schirrmacher
The Institute on Religion & Democracy, Providence Magazine & the Hanns Seidel Foundation co-hosted a discussion with scholar Thomas Schirrmacher about Christian Democratic parties in Europe and German-American collaboration on international religious freedom.
I recently visited Desmond Tutu's former home in Soweto. The 85-year-old Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Horn is, alongside Nelson Mandela, a symbolic figure of dismantling apartheid in his country.
In a lecture at the University of Freiburg, the President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights stated that “freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, and freedom of speech are not marginal.
A rare picture: Two Christians discussing with two Muslim politicians working for peace, human rights and religious freedom.
Immediately after the attempted Putsch, an eye witness reported Erdogan’s first big appearance: “It felt like an eternity that Erdogan just stood there while the crowd chanted: ‘Here is the army! Here is the Commander, and ‘Just […]