Christianity and Democratisation: From Pious Subjects to Critical Participants

by John Anderson

This book examines the contribution of different Christian traditions to the waves of democratisation that have swept various parts of the world in recent decades. It offers a historical overview of Christianity's engagement with the development of democracy, before focusing in detail on the period since the 1970s. Successive chapters deal with: the Roman Catholic conversion to democracy and the contribution of that church to democratisation; the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719077389
• ISBN13: 9780719077388
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"