Defending democracy from its Christian enemies / David P. Gushee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gushee, David P., 1962- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and politics.

Democracy--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Democracy.

Religious fundamentalism--Political aspects.

Religious fundamentalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 223 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2023.

Contents:

1. Defining and Defending Democracy

2. Alternatives and Threats to Democracy

3. Authoritarian Reactionary Christianity

4. Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions

5. Reactionary Politics in France, 1870-1944

6. The Politics of Cultural Despair in Germany, 1853-1933

7. Authoritarian Reactionary Christianity in Putin's Russia

8. Authoritarian Reactionary Christianity in the Recent Politics of Poland

9. Authoritarian Reactionary Christianity in Orbán's Hungary

10. Authoritarian Reactionary Christianity in Bolsonaro's Brazil

11. Authoritarian Reactionary Christianity in Trump's United States

12. The Baptist Democratic Tradition

13. The Black Christian Democratic Tradition in the United States

14. Renewing the Democratic Covenant.

Notes:

"The kernel of this project was first presented in May 2022 as my inaugural address as Chair in Christian Social Ethics for the Faculty of Religion and Theology at Vrije Universiteit (VU-FRT) Amsterdam. Shortly thereafter, the work benefited immensely from a detailed discussion in the Peace, Trauma, and Religion Working Group of VU-FRT."--Acknowledgements page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781467466219 (electronic bk.)

1467466212 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

99994756528

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.