What is administrative authoritarianism?
My interview for the Minister's Forum, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, TX, USA
I was pleased to speak with Rev. Dr. Colin Bossen, minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, TX, USA. Rev. Dr. Bossen hosts a monthly conversation, the Minister’s Forum, with thought leaders from around the US and the world. We spoke about my work and what it’s like to report on religion from the front lines of the war in Ukraine. What role are churches playing in the fight against authoritarianism in Hungary and Eastern Europe? Listen to find out.
0:00-2:00 Introducing the Minister’s Forum and “At the Edges, with Marc Loustau” on Substack.
2:00-9:30: What is administrative authoritarianism? Can we call the US under Trump ”administrative authoritarianism?”
9:30-19:00 How do authoritarian regimes take over religious institutions?
To read more about the case of Rev. Gábor Iványi and the Hungarian government’s campaign against this courageous Christian dissident, see my articles for the Christian Century and on this Substack.
19:00-23:30 How does religious resistance work in Hungary’s authoritarian system?
23:30-29:00 How is being a war correspondent a religious calling.
29:00-31:10 How should American liberals view the war in Ukraine?
31:10-38:40 How has the Hungarian Unitarian Church responded to the rise of authoritarianism in Hungary?
