Mostyn Roberts

Democracy After Christendom

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“In Democracy After Christendom, Paul Lusk tackles a subject central to the debates of our age. Taking as a definition of democracy that draws on Roger Williams of Rhode Island fame, a system of rule ‘held by consent,’ and insisting on the religious freedoms that the First Amendment calls ‘non-establishment’ and ‘free exercise,’ Paul traces the history of democracy after Christendom, principally in the UK and US. His analyses of the various definitions and forms of democracy are informative and stimulating, as is his discussion of the current malaise of democracy in the West. To commend a book is not necessarily to agree with all of it, and I do not agree with some of Paul’s interpretations and assertions, but I have benefited from this book and will turn to it again. Be assured that you will gain from it too.”