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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792216003321

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

0-19-029474-4

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

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