Religion and democracy : a worldwide comparison / / Carsten Anckar

• Autore: Anckar Carsten <1969-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 201.72; 201/.72
• Soggetto topico: Democracy - Religious aspects; Religion and politics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Religion and democracy
• ISBN: 1-280-68277-9; 9786613659712; 1-136-71037-X; 0-203-81489-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462003803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in religion and politics.