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Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Asia / edited by David H. Lumsdaine.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Evangelical Christianity and democracy in the Global South.
- Evangelical Christianity and democracy in the Global South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evangelicalism--Political aspects--Asia.
- Evangelicalism.
- Democracy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Democracy.
- Christianity and politics--Asia.
- Christianity and politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-316) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029474-4
- 0-19-530825-5
- 0-19-971898-9
- 9786611998455
- 1-281-99845-1
- OCLC:
- 317117841
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