{"product_id":"evangelical-christianity-and-democracy-in-asia-9780195308242","title":"Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Halloran Lumsdaine\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Religion, Politics \u0026amp; State\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough a minority of the Asian population, Protestants in Asia are a fast-growing group. What are the political implications of this evangelical Christianity? In some cases, religion has enabled poor and marginalized people to gain greater prosperity, self-confidence and civic skills, and more open-minded and democratic societies. But does religion have the kind of cultural currency needed to generate political changes in governments such as China's? \u003cem\u003eEvangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia\u003c\/em\u003e provides six case studies on China, Western India, Northeast India, Indonesia, South Korea, and the Philippines. The contributors, mainly younger scholars based in Asia, bring first hand-knowledge to their chapters. The result is a groundbreaking work, indispensable to everyone concerned with the future of the region. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia\u003c\/em\u003e is one of four volumes in the series Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in the Global South and grew from a Pew-funded study that sought to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? At a time when the global-political impact of another revivalist and scriptural religion - Islam - fuels debate, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891650117783,"sku":"9780195308242","price":4365.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780195308242.webp?v=1781184415","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/evangelical-christianity-and-democracy-in-asia-9780195308242","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}