Christianity and democratisation from pious subjects to critical participants /
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| Language: | English |
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Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York :
Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.
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| Series: | Perspectives on democratic practice
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10623286 |
Table of 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.