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Christianity And Democracy In Global Context

Autor John Witte
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2020
In the past, Christianity has had both positive and negative influences on democracy. Christian churches have served as benevolent agents of welfare and catalysts of political reform. But they have also served as belligerent allies of repression and censors of human rights. Christian theology has helped to cultivate democratic ideas of equality, li
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367157692
ISBN-10: 0367157691
Pagini: 344
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Foreword -- Introduction -- Catholicism and Democracy: Conflict, Change, and Collaboration -- Christianity and Democracy in Europe -- Christianity and Democracy in Europe: The Christian Democratic Movement -- “In Common Together”: Christianity and Democracy in America -- Toward a Contemporary Christian Democratic Politics in the United States -- A New Order of Religious Freedom -- A Feminist Perspective: Christianity, Democracy, and Feminist Theology -- The Promise of Democracy: Theological Reflections on Universality and Liminality -- Christianity and the Spanish Conquest of the Americas -- Democracy and Christianity in Latin America -- Christian Democracy, Liberation Theology, the Catholic Right, and Democracy in Latin America -- Unmasking the Powers: Christianity, Authority, and Desacralization in Modern African Politics -- The Christian Churches and Democracy in Contemporary Africa -- From Revolution to Reconstruction: The South Africa Imperative -- An African Christian in Search of Democracy -- The Challenge of Christianity and Democracy in the Soviet Union -- Is Christianity a Help or Hindrance to Indian Democracy? -- Postscript: To Be Human Is To Be Free

Notă biografică

John Witte, Jr. is the Jonas Robitscher professor of law and ethics, and director of the law and religion program at Emory University, Atlanta. A specialist in legal history and religious liberty, he has published twelve books and 120 professional articles, and has lectured throughout North America, Europe, Israel, and South Africa.

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This collection brings together leading politicians, clerics, academics and Christian persuasions to debate what Christianity has contributed in the past and what it should contribute in the future to the shape of democratic government around the world. It is a crucial contribution to current thought on religion and politics.