{"id":9388,"date":"2021-11-01T19:30:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kedid.uom.gr\/?p=9388"},"modified":"2023-07-20T19:04:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:04:48","slug":"faith-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kedid.uom.gr\/en\/faith-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difficulties of Faith in Modern Times and the Implications for Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9388\" class=\"elementor elementor-9388\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-590f58f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"590f58f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cf8d266\" data-id=\"1cf8d266\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-737b62a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"737b62a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Ioannis Papadopoulos <\/em><a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An exit from religion for a re-entry, essentially, into religion. Because the right reason \u2013 as already understood by Blaise Pascal, who was a brilliant scientist himself, when he developed his polemics against Descartes in the 17th century15 \u2013 is not enough for a full life. One cannot have a human life, community, and ethics only with the radical Cartesian doubt and the religion of science, the religion of right reason. We have seen that this cannot stand: it has brought as many problems and dangers as those of the previously imposed religion from above.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kedid.uom.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-difficulties-of-faith-in-modern-times-and-the-implications-for-democracy-en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VIEW TEXT IN &#8220;.pdf&#8221; FORMAT.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>***<a href=\"https:\/\/jm-euconst.auth.gr\/center\/en\/outreach-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First published<\/a> on 31.10.2021 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/jm-euconst.auth.gr\/center\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean Monnet Center of Excellence &#8220;European Constitutionalism and Religion(s)&#8221;<\/a>.***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb5ca8a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cb5ca8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92d91c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92d91c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c604aa2\" data-id=\"c604aa2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088dc35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"088dc35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Director of CEDLAW, Associate Professor of International and European Studies, University of Macedonia (Greece).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ioannis Papadopoulos [1] An exit from religion for a re-entry, essentially, into religion. 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