ISBN:
0195174771
,
0195308026
,
9780195174779
,
9780195308020
Language:
English
Pages:
XXX, 267 S.
,
24cm
Series Statement:
Evangelical Christianity and democracy in the Global South
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Africa
DDC:
322/.10967
Keywords:
Evangelicalism Political aspects
;
Democracy Religious aspects
;
Christianity
;
Christianity and politics
;
Katholische Kirche
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Protestantismus
;
Demokratie
Abstract:
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 combustible interaction of resurgent religion and the developing world's unstable politics.The present volume considers the case of Africa, the region with the world's fastest expanding population.
Description / Table of Contents:
(...) Imo, Cyril: Evangelicals, Muslims, and democracy: with particular reference to the declaration of Sharia in Northern Nigeria (...)
Note:
Formerly CIP
,
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-259) and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=22993
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=22993
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