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• Magyarország új egyháztörvénye rosszabb mint az első

  By H. David Baer on January 19, 2019 • ( 1 )

  Itt tölthető le a cikk A cikk angolul A magyar „rabszolgatörvény” és a bíróságokról szóló törvény miatti felháborodásunkban azonban se feledkezzünk meg arról, hogy az Országgyűlés a 2018. december 11-i mozgalmas ülésszaka folyamán a magyar egyháztörvényt is módosította. Az Orbán… Read More ›

• Hungary’s New Church Law is Worse than the First

  By H. David Baer on December 28, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Hungarian Parliament on December 11, 2018 / source: AP  Download a copy of this article here  This article was published in, and can be cited as, “Hungary’s New Church Law is Worse than the First,” (2019) Occasional Papers on Religion… Read More ›

• Return of the Tyrants

  By H. David Baer on September 25, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  My latest column for The Cresset, about lessons from Aristotle and Plato on current politics. “Democracy today is under siege. It is being replaced in parts of the world with soft authoritarian regimes that preserve but manipulate democratic trappings to… Read More ›

• The Orthodox Church and Democracy: Can They Coexist?

  By H. David Baer on July 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Here’s a review I wrote of Christianity, Democracy, and the Shadow of Constantine (2017) for the journal Occasional Papers on Religion and Eastern Europe. “Western Christians committed to the ideal of liberal democracy, like the author of this review, are often… Read More ›

• Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and the Work of Childhood

  By H. David Baer on June 25, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  I usually miss the big movie releases. In fact I still haven’t seen the latest Star Wars movie, The Force Keeps Waking Up, or whatever it’s called.  But I did make a point to see the new documentary about Mister… Read More ›

• Russia’s Influence on Cultural Conservatives

  By H. David Baer on January 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Here’s my latest piece for The Cresset on how cultural conservatives have lost their moral bearings. “Cold War themes have returned unexpectedly with the renewal of Russian informational warfare. But unlike the Cold War, Russian propaganda today targets those on… Read More ›

• Is the Idea of the Centrist Project Realistic?

  By H. David Baer on May 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Evangelizers often run into resistance, and so I’ve noticed not everyone I talk to about the Centrist Project gets excited. “Sorry, but it’s a waste of time. Third parties can’t succeed in America. We’ve got a two party system and… Read More ›

• An Excited Crowd

  By H. David Baer on April 16, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This Easter Sunday sermon is from 1961. To learn more about the history behind it, click here. Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that… Read More ›

• Hearsay or Experience – How Do We Know God?

  By H. David Baer on April 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This  Palm Sunday sermon is from 1961. To learn more about the history behind it, click here. So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you say this… Read More ›

• The Fall of Hungary: Viktor Orbán’s Push to Destroy Democracy

  By H. David Baer on April 7, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Demonstrators protesting Lex CEU / Source: CEU webpage Early in April, the Hungarian parliament, tightly controlled by the country’s autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orbán, passed a law aimed at forcing  the closure of Budapest’s independent and prestigious Central European University…. Read More ›