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Constructing Spiritually Based Democracy at the Community Level: A Local to Global Paradigm

By Larry Hufford.

Published by The Diversity Collection

This paper will critique the narrow Western definition of democracy as simply political. Alternatively, the author will present the idea that grassroots participatory democracy can be promoted globally through the religion and culture of a people. The inter-faith approach to holistic democracy would be placed within a context of the theory of cosmopolitanism to emphasize the theology of respect and hospitality. This approach is also presented as conflict prevention and peace education.

International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, Volume 8, Issue 4, pp.51-58. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 823.771KB).

Dr. Larry Hufford

Professor of International Relations, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas, USA