Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Asia [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David H. Lumsdaine
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| Titolo: |
Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Asia [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David H. Lumsdaine
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| 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
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| 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 |
| 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.: | 9910792216003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Evangelical Christianity and democracy in the Global South.