FAITH IN DEMOCRACY

About once year or so I read an arcticle that is a watershed event of understanding for me. This article was one of those. It is certainly written from a specific viewpoint, and intelligent people might disagree on the topic, but I think it is well written.

Is about American liberal views of religion as being hostile toward democracy, how that assumption runs contrary to history, and how how that assumption is an obstacle for Americans in trying to have intelligent discussions about the role of religion in emerging democracies in the middle east.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Protected/Articles/000/000/006/291jlfnf.asp