"Back to the Future of Democracy" w/Professor Ethan Hollander

Have a comment? Send us a text! (We read all of them but can't reply). Email us: [email protected] can’t be on the decline…can it? With the breakdown in civil dialogue and the current division in our society, how sure can we be that Democracy will be here in 100 years? Even 50 years? Join faithful host Josh Burtram as he interviews Dr. Ethan Hollander, Associate Professor of Political Science at Wabash university, to talk about the decline of democracies around the world and the rise of autocratic strongmen. Tune in to this fascinating conversation about the current state of democracy, the trend in which it’s moving, and what, if anything, we can do to keep it alive! Guest Bio:Ethan J. Hollander is a professor of political science at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He is also the author of Hegemony and the Holocaust: State Power and Jewish Survival in Occupied Europe. Hollander’s published scholarship also includes research on democratization in Eastern Europe and on the Arab Spring. At Wabash, Dr. Hollander teaches courses on the Politics of the Middle East, Ethnic Conflict and Genocide, European Politics, and Research Methods and Statistics. He is a native of Miami Beach, and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 2006.https://www.wabash.edu/academics/profiles/home.cfm?site_folder=political_science&facname=hollandehttps://www.wondrium.com/democracy-and-its-alternatives?tn=632_tray_Course_1_1_21596&lec=9 Support Sarah Stankorb’s work and preorder Damned If She Does: Why Women Quit Church and What It Means for the Future of Religion, Releases September 15, 2026.  Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/112456/9798889837091Website: https://www.sarahstankorb.com/Support the showKeep the conversation going.Want to learn more about Faithful Politics, suggest a future guest, or connect with us directly?Visit our website:faithfulpoliticspodcast.comBrowse our bookstore, featuring books from many of our guests:faithfulpoliticspodcast.com/bookstoreSupport the show and help us keep these conversations going:patreon.com/cw/FaithfulPoliticsSubscribe for behind-the-scenes content, reflections, and updates:faithfulpolitics.substack.comContact the hosts:Josh Burtram, Faithful Host: [email protected] Wright, Political Host: [email protected] Faithful Politics:Instagram: faithful_politicsFacebook: FaithfulPoliticsPodcast