Christianity and democratisation : from pious subjects to critical participants /

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This text brings together a wide range of scholarship to examine the relationship between Christianity and democratisation. It offers new insights into how and why this relationship had developed, and explores all the major Christian traditions including the Eastern Orthodox engagement with politics...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Anderson, John, 1955 September 19- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2009.
Collection:Perspectives on democratic practice (Manchester, England)
Sujets:
Democracy > Religious aspects > Christianity.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Democracy > Religious aspects > Christianity
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Democracy and the Christian tradition
  • The Catholic 'third wave': undermining authoritarianism
  • The Catholic 'third wave': creating a new order
  • The Orthodox hesitation: church, state and nation
  • The Orthodox hesitation: the 'liberal-democracy' paradox
  • The Protestant ethic revisited: conservative Christianity and the quality of American democracy
  • The Protestant ethic revisited: the Pentecostal explosion as democratic hindrance or support?
  • Conclusion.

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