1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465268403321

Titolo

Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Asia [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David H. Lumsdaine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-530825-5

0-19-971898-9

9786611998455

1-281-99845-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Evangelical Christianity and democracy in the Global South

Altri autori (Persone)

LumsdaineDavid Halloran

Disciplina

322/.1095

Soggetti

Evangelicalism - Political aspects - Asia

Democracy - Religious aspects - Christianity

Christianity and politics - Asia

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 (p. [285]-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; Evangelical Christianity and Democratic Pluralism in Asia: An Introduction; 1. The Christian Community in China: The Leaven Effect; 2. Emulating Azariah: Evangelicals and Social Change in the Dangs; 3. Ethnicity, Civil Society, and the Church: The Politics of Evangelical Christianity in Northeast India; 4. Evangelicals and Politics in Indonesia: The Case of Surakarta; 5. Evangelicals and the Democratization of South Korea Since 1987; 6. Consolidating Democracy: Filipino Evangelicals between People Power Events, 1986-2001; References; Index; A; B

CD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This is one of four projected volumes to emerge from a massive, Pew-funded study that sought to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? Is the result a democratic politics of the ballot box, or is it more like an authoritarian politics of command from on high? Does the evangelical faith of the Bible hinder or promote a politics of the ballot box? At a time when the global-political impact



of another revivalist and scriptural religion - Islam - fuels vexed debate among analysts the world

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Record Nr.

UNINA990004136580403321

Autore

Averroës <1126-1198>

Titolo

Averrois Cordubensis commentarium magnum in Aristotelis De anima libros / recensuit F. Stuart Crawford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge (Mass.), : The Medieval Academy of America, 1953

Descrizione fisica

XXIV, 592 p. ; 25 cm

Collana

Corpus commentariorum Averrois in Aristotelem , Versionum Latinarum ; 6.1

The Mediaeval academy of America ; 59

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

185 ARIS/S 064(6.1)

5/VII G 28

CCAA (N)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557413503321

Autore

Smýkal Petr

Titolo

Wild Plants as Source of New Crops

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Soggetti

Botany & plant sciences

Science: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact