Evangelical Christianity And Democracy In Asia

Author : David Halloran Lumsdaine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190294748

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Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia by David Halloran Lumsdaine Pdf

Although a minority of the Asian population, Protestants in Asia are a fast-growing group. What are the political implications of this evangelical Christianity? In some cases, religion has enabled poor and marginalized people to gain greater prosperity, self-confidence and civic skills, and more open-minded and democratic societies. But does religion have the kind of cultural currency needed to generate political changes in governments such as China's? Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia provides six case studies on China, Western India, Northeast India, Indonesia, South Korea, and the Philippines. The contributors, mainly younger scholars based in Asia, bring first hand-knowledge to their chapters. The result is a groundbreaking work, indispensable to everyone concerned with the future of the region. Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia is one of four volumes in the series Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in the Global South and grew from a 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? At a time when the global-political impact of another revivalist and scriptural religion - Islam - fuels debate, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Asia
ISBN : OCLC:74268903

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Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia [draft] by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Halloran Lumsdaine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199718989

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Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia by David Halloran Lumsdaine Pdf

Although a minority of the Asian population, Protestants in Asia are a fast-growing group. What are the political implications of this evangelical Christianity? In some cases, religion has enabled poor and marginalized people to gain greater prosperity, self-confidence and civic skills, and more open-minded and democratic societies. But does religion have the kind of cultural currency needed to generate political changes in governments such as China's? Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia provides six case studies on China, Western India, Northeast India, Indonesia, South Korea, and the Philippines. The contributors, mainly younger scholars based in Asia, bring first hand-knowledge to their chapters. The result is a groundbreaking work, indispensable to everyone concerned with the future of the region. Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia is one of four volumes in the series Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in the Global South and grew from a 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? At a time when the global-political impact of another revivalist and scriptural religion - Islam - fuels debate, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective.

Author : Paul Freston
Publisher : Evangelical Christianity and D
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0195308034

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Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Latin America by Paul Freston Pdf

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 ballotbox, 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 theworld 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 Latin America, where evangelical Protestantism is increasinglychallenging the historical Catholic hegemony in the religious sphere.

Author : M. M. Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Asia
ISBN : UCAL:$B483241

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The Christian Response to the Asian Revolution by M. M. Thomas Pdf

Author : Paul Freston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001-04-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521800412

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Evangelicals and Politics in Asia, Africa and Latin America by Paul Freston Pdf

Paul Freston's book is a pioneering comparative study of the political aspects of the new mass evangelical Protestantism of sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and parts of Asia. The book examines twenty-seven countries from the three major continents of the Third World, burrowing deep into the specificities of each country's religious and political fields. The conclusion looks at the implications of evangelical politics for democracy, nationalism and globalization. This unique account of the politics of global evangelicalism will be of interest across disciplines and in many different parts of the world.

Author : Deborah A. Brown,Tun-jen Cheng
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0765638991

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Religious Organizations and Democratization by Deborah A. Brown,Tun-jen Cheng Pdf

Since the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the political roles of religious institutions and groups have captured international attention. This book examines how religious institutions and organizations in various Asian countries are influencing democratic development and the shaping of government policies. Religious Organizations and Democratization covers Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Japan. The chapters specifically address the engagement of Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, and other religious organizations in the advancement and/or hindrance of democratization in the region. The contributors consider such questions as: Why have some religious organizations played a decisive role in democratic transitions, while others remained politically dormant, and other still acted in conservative alliances to block democratic development? Why did some religious organizations that once were active and instrumental to democratic change lose their political vitality as soon as civil liberties were successfully introduced? And why did other religious organizations, irrespective of their roles in the process of democratic transition, emerge as key political forces in the civil society?

Author : Timoteo D. Gener,Stephen T. Pardue
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783686728

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Asian Christian Theology by Timoteo D. Gener,Stephen T. Pardue Pdf

Asian Christian Theology provides a survey of contextually reflective, robustly evangelical theology for students to engage with the core doctrines of Christianity and their outworking in different cultures across Asia. The contributors of the chapters come from all corners of Asia to systematically examine traditional doctrinal themes and contemporary concerns for the Asian church. Ideal for use as a companion textbook in Asian seminaries and institutions, this book will also provide excellent further reading for those outside of Asia seeking global theological perspectives, and for those in contexts of significant Asian diaspora. Many excellent books surveying theology exist, but this book is a major step forward for students and scholars seeking to understand the dynamic environment of evangelical theology in Asia.

Author : Terence O. Ranger
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780195174779

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Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa by Terence O. Ranger Pdf

In recent decades, Christianity has acquired millions of new adherents in Africa, the region with the world's fastest-expanding population. What role has this development of evangelical Christianity played in Africa's democratic history? To what extent do its churches affect its politics? By taking a historical view and focusing specifically on the events of the past few years, Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa seeks to explore these questions, offering individual case studies of six countries: Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, and Mozambique. Unlike most analyses of democracy which come from a secular Western tradition, these contributors, mainly younger scholars based in Africa, bring first-hand knowledge to their chapters and employ both field and archival research to develop their data and analyses. The result is a groundbreaking work that will be indispensable to everyone concerned with the future of this volatile region. Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa is one of four volumes in the series Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in the Global South, which seeks to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? 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.

Author : Paul Freston
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195174762

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Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Latin America by Paul Freston Pdf

This series offers a comparative perspective on a critical issue - the often combustible interaction of resurgent religion and the developing world's unstable politics. This volume considers the case of Latin America, where evengelical Protestantism is increasingly challenging the historical Catholic hegemony.

Author : Dr. John Anderson,John Anderson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 0415355370

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Religion, Democracy and Democratization by Dr. John Anderson,John Anderson Pdf

This work - previously published as a special issue of the journal 'Democratization' - brings together essays that offer theoretical and empirical insights into the relationship between religion and democracy.

Author : John Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317999027

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Religion, Democracy and Democratization by John Anderson Pdf

A new exploration of the troubled relationship between religion and democracy, focusing in on two key questions: * how has religion engaged with the democratization processes that have taken place over the last thirty years? * how can it contribute towards democracy in the future? These questions are tackled with clarity and rigour. Select chapters explore the ways in which religious ideas have been used to undermine authoritarian regimes and how religious institutions have provided the basis for resistance to such regimes. The reader is This book was previously published as a special issue of the leading journal Democratization.

Author : Robbie B. H. Goh
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9812302972

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Christianity in Southeast Asia by Robbie B. H. Goh Pdf

This book briefly recounts the history of the establishment and expansion of Christianity during the colonial and post-colonial eras. With the exception of the Philippines, Christianity has been a minor religion in much of Southeast Asia, albeit one whose followers have sometimes played key roles in developing education and social services. Although statistically small, evangelical Christian groups in particular are trying to increase membership and influence, which may have adverse reactions in the countries whose populations are adherents of other major world faiths.

Author : Michael S. H. Heng,Ten Chin Liew
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814282376

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State and Secularism by Michael S. H. Heng,Ten Chin Liew Pdf

The concept of a secular state is important in many parts of Asia and how this is resolved has important implications for The social, economic and political development of various Asian countries. Unfortunately, problems of the secular state have all along been studied based on the historical experience of state formation in Europe, with little (or no) input from the Asian perspective. This book will for The very first time, present mainly Asian perspectives, while drawing on Western experience as well. Conceptual issues are discussed together with detailed accounts on how different countries and traditions understand and seek to implement the ideas of a secular state.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004291027

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Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity by Anonim Pdf

The Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity: Themes and Developments in Culture, Politics, and Society maps the transformations of the largest of the major religions. International experts in the area detail challenges and dilemmas facing Christianity via its various global expressions, both old and new.