THE IMPACT OF WORLDVIEWS-SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS-ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF DEMOCRACIES

* Is the concept of worldviews defensible? Is the distinction between secular and religious worldviews useful? Is the notion of a particular religious worldview (Judeo-Christian, Christian, Muslim, etc.) justifiable?
* Which worldviews or wha...

* Is the concept of worldviews defensible? Is the distinction between secular and religious worldviews useful? Is the notion of a particular religious worldview (Judeo-Christian, Christian, Muslim, etc.) justifiable?
* Which worldviews or what kinds of worldviews support healthy democracies? Why? What do they have in common?
* Are the outspoken advocacy of religious worldviews and the conflicts among them incompatible with democratic processes? Are secular worldviews necessarily more compatible with sustainable democracies?
* How can democracies sustain themselves against threats from extremist worldviews?
* The United Nations produced two statements on universal values—the Declaration of Human Rights (www.un.org/Overview/rights.html), and the 2005 Millennium Development Goals (www.un.org/millenniumgoals). How are these related to religious and secular worldviews?

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