When Political Competition Erodes Pluralism: What Indonesia Teaches Us About Democracy and Religious Nationalism
Religious nationalism is often associated with leaders such as Trump, Orbán, or Modi. Yet Indonesia offers a different lesson. In this month’s guest article, Saskia Schäfer examines how democratic competition itself can fuel exclusionary religious politics and erode pluralism. Dr. Saskia Schäfer is a senior researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Her book “Mobilizing Mainstream Islam: The […]
How Religion Shaped and Shook Orbán’s Hungary
A conversation with Dr. Rita Perintfalvi As the world tries to make sense of Hungary’s political earthquake, one question has received surprisingly little attention: what role did religion play? To explore how faith functioned as both a pillar of Orbán’s power and a fault line in its collapse, Faith in Democracy spoke with one of the most […]
What We Learned in Lisbon: Building a Global Faith Response to Authoritarianism
In March, Faith in Democracy partnered with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee to convene faith leaders, movement organizers, researchers, and philanthropic partners from around the world for Converging Futures: Where Gender Justice, Democracy, and Faith Meet. We gathered in Lisbon because we are living through a moment that requires new kinds of alignment. Around the […]