Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Gresham College Lectures
Christianity and Public Life: What makes us think that God wants Democracy?
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Democracy is usually thought of as an achievement of the secular enlightenment. But the best defence of democracy is one based on a Christian understanding of what it is to be a human being in society, well described in words of Reinhold Niebuht, "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy...