Theology and the Limits of Liberal Democracy                               

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In this talk, Boston College Theology Department Professor Nelly Wamaitha traces how colonialism placed limits on what equality and inclusion would mean for Kenya through the enactment and enforcement of the Independence Constitution. Similarly, in the United States the Constitution has historically placed limits on how much equality and inclusion can be aimed for politically. Drawing on African theologies and other liberation theologies, Professor Wamaitha asks how theology and the church can foster more expansive visions of democracy and be for and with the disenfranchised.