If believers feel that their faith is trivialized and their true selves compromised by a society that will not give religious imperatives special weight, their problem is not that secularists are antidemocratic but that democracy is antiabsolutist.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Democracy is antiabsolutist by nature, which can clash with religious faiths that demand special weight for imperatives.
- In plain terms
- Democracy does not prioritize any absolute truth which may trouble believers.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize democracy values balance over absolute truths.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can faith coexist with democracy?
- What happens when faith meets compromise?
Another view
Some democracies successfully integrate religious and secular values.
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