Evangelicals and politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6554476
AutoresPaul Freston
Ano2004
Páginas344
Data de publicação2004-01-01
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoEvangelicals and politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511487705
ISBN9780511487705
Open LibraryOL22717074M
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas191

The global expansion of evangelical Christianity is one of the most important religious developments in recent decades, but its political dimension is little studied by the comparative literature on religion and world politics. Paul Freston's book is a pioneering comparative study of the political aspects of the new mass evangelical Protestantism of sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and parts of Asia. The book examines twenty-seven countries from the three major continents of the Third World, burrowing deep into the specificities of each country's religious and political fields, but keeping in view the need for cross-continental comparisons. The conclusion looks at the implications of evangelical politics for democracy, nationalism and globalisation. This unique account of the politics of global evangelicalism will be of interest across disciplines and in many different parts of the world.

Africa · ASIA · Christianity and politics · Evangelicalism · Latin America · Political aspects · asia · Political aspects of Evangelicalism · Sub-Sahara · Sub-Sahara Africa