Kate Baldwin Explains Why Christianity Fights for Democracy in Africa

About this episode

Kate Baldwin discusses her book 'Faith in Democracy' and the role of Christianity in supporting democracy in Africa.

The group of people who have an interest in defending liberal democracy might be broader than many academics, and maybe even liberals, would have shown. Kate Baldwin This episode features Yale political scientist Kate Baldwin in a conversation about her book Faith in Democracy, which challenges the assumption that religion is inherently hostile to democratic governance. Drawing on research from sub-Saharan Africa, Baldwin explains how Christian churches have often emerged as defenders of libe...

People in this episode

Host: Justin Kempf

Guest: Kate Baldwin

Topics covered

• Christianity
• democracy
• Africa
• political science
• liberal democracy

Keywords

• Christianity
• democracy
• Africa
• political science
• liberal democracy
• Kate Baldwin
• Faith in Democracy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale

Books & works: Faith in Democracy

Places: sub-Saharan Africa

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