Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia

Name: Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia
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ISBN: 9780195308242

ISBN-10: 0195308247

ISBN-13: 9780195308242

Edition: 2006

Authors: David Halloran Lumsdaine

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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 over, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective on a critical issue: The often…

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List price: $62.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/13/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.45" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface



Contributors


Abbreviations


Evangelical Christianity and Democratic Pluralism in Asia: An Introduction




The Christian Community in China: The Leaven Effect




Emulating Azariah: Evangelicals and Social Change in the Dangs




Ethnicity, Civil Society, and the Church: The Politics of Evangelical Christianity in Northeast India




Evangelicals and Politics in Indonesia: The Case of Surakarta




Evangelicals and the Democratization of South Korea Since 1987




Consolidating Democracy: Filipino Evangelicals between People Power Events, 1986-2001



References


Index