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Record Nr.

UNINA9910529087403321

Autore

Anckar Carsten <1969-, >

Titolo

Religion and democracy : a worldwide comparison / / Carsten Anckar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-280-68277-9

9786613659712

1-136-71037-X

0-203-81489-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in religion and politics

Disciplina

201.72

201/.72

Soggetti

Democracy - Religious aspects

Religion and politics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Religion and Democracy; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1. The research design; Introduction; Defining and measuring religious dominance; Defining and measuring democracy; Controlling extraneous variance; Religious affiliation and democratic values; 2. Relating religion to democracy; Christianity; Judaism; Islam; Buddhism; Hinduism; Chinese folk religions; Ethnoreligions; Knitting the threads together; Secularism and religious constellations; 3. Macrolevel findings; Bivariate patterns; Multivariate patterns; Regional patterns; Conclusion

4. Microlevel findings Introduction; Global patterns; Regional patterns; Conclusion; 5. Religion and democracy; What have we learnt?; How much do numbers tell us?; Appendix; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This important new study empirically assesses the relationship between religion and democracy, looking at the global, regional and individual country picture. Using a wide range of quantitative data, Anckar tests the validity of Huntington's claim that democracy and religion are tightly connected, and that western Christianity is the only religion capable of supporting democratic institutions. Anckar evaluates both



the broader assumptions that the introduction and the stability of a democratic form of government is dependent on the dominating religion in the country at the macro level and t