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1 online resource (x, 273 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Perspectives on democratic practice
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Perspectives on democratic practice (Manchester, England)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-268) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Christianity and democratization |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Anderson, John. Christianity and democratisation. Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (DLC) 2009279092 (OCoLC)244068991 |
| ISBN |
9781847792617 (electronic book) |
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1847792618 (electronic book) |
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9780719077388 (hardback) |
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0719077389 (hardback) |
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