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Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Asia / / edited by David H. Lumsdaine



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Titolo: Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Asia / / edited by David H. Lumsdaine Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
Disciplina: 322/.1095
Soggetto topico: Evangelicalism - Political aspects - Asia
Democracy - Religious aspects - Christianity
Christianity and politics - Asia
Altri autori: LumsdaineDavid Halloran  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Asia  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-029474-4
0-19-530825-5
0-19-971898-9
9786611998455
1-281-99845-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817272003321
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Serie: Evangelical Christianity and democracy in the Global South.