Lecture at Gasteig: equality before God - equality before the law?

Lecture at Gasteig: equality before God - equality before the law?

Hans finds MaierAm 19/04/2012 Gasteig, more precisely in the lecture hall in the town library, a lecture from the series "Are religions capable of democracy?" Instead of Prof. Dr. Hans Maier. The question this time: Does equality before God and equality before the law? Christianity, which has made people equal before God, will not turn on the other hand, that citizens are equal before the law. "- So pointedly put it mid-19th Century, the French scientist Alexis de Tocqueville law the principle of equality as a condition of his conception of the state.

Prof. Dr. Hans Maier will address in his talk with whether and how far the religious principle of equality before God in the laws of democratic systems found its expression. Prof. Dr. Hans Maier, a former Bavarian Minister of Culture and retired owner of Guardini Chair of Christian belief.

On 05/23/2012, this lecture series continues with: "After the age of extremes - a victory for democracy?"