Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Asia
Although a minority of the Asian population, Protestants in Asia are a fast growing group. In some cases, religion has effected positive changes for poor and marginalised people; but there are doubts that it has the cultural currency needed to generate political changes in governments such as that i...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2009
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In: | Year: 2009 |
Series/Journal: | Evangelical Christianity and democracy in the Global South
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Evangelical movement
B India (Nordost) / Evangelical movement / Politics |
Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Democracy Religious aspects Christianity B Christianity and politics Asia B Evangelicalism Political aspects Asia |
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Table of Contents Volltext (Verlag) |
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Summary: | Although a minority of the Asian population, Protestants in Asia are a fast growing group. In some cases, religion has effected positive changes for poor and marginalised people; but there are doubts that it has the cultural currency needed to generate political changes in governments such as that in China. |
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ISBN: | 0199867305 |
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195308242.001.0001 |