PANEL: CATHOLICS AND THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: EUROPEAN AND US PERSPECTIVES
12/07/2025 08:30 - 10:45
HALL: Lecture Hall 05

Proponent: Faggioli M.

Chair: Froehle B.

Speaker: Bretzke J., Faggioli M., Massa M., Quast-Neulinger M.

The first quarter of the 21st century has shown the resurgence of the democratic question for Catholicism on both sides of the Atlantic: how supportive Catholicism is of constitutional democracy, or how exposed it is to the attacks of illiberal political cultures. This panel intends to explore the issue with papers addressing the relationship between Catholicism and democracy and focusing on cases in Europe and in the USA in the 20th and 21st century.

115.1
115.2
CATHOLIC SECTARIANISM AND THE APPEAL OF DONALD TRUMP

Massa M. *

Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College ~ Boston ~ United States of America
115.3
"SOCIAL CATHOLICISM" AND AGNOSTICISM ABOUT DEMOCRACY IN THE USA IN THE LAST CENTURY

Faggioli M. *

Villanova University ~ Philadelphia ~ United States of America
115.4
YOU VOTED FOR WHO(M)?! STILL LOST IN IDEOLOGY AFTER THE 2024 US ELECTIONS?

Bretzke J. *

John Carroll University ~ Cleveland ~ United States of America