Christianity and democratisation [electronic resource] : from pious subjects to critical participants / John Anderson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives on democratic practice (Manchester, England)Publication details: Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.Description: x, 273 pOther title:
  • Christianity and democratization
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  • BR115.P7 A497 2009eb
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Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-268) and index.

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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