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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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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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
Christianity and politics (Asia)
B Collection of essays B Democracy Religious aspects Christianity B Evangelicalism Political aspects (Asia) B Christianity and politics Asia B Evangelicalism Political aspects Asia |
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Table of Contents Volltext (Publisher) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxix, 330 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-986730-1 0-19-986730-5 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195308242.001.0001 |