Christianity and Democracy Today - International Perspectives

This volume explores Christianity's relationship with democracy in a global perspective.

List of contents

Introduction David P. Gushee and Paul Silas Peterson 1. Christianity and Democracy Today in the United States David P. Gushee 2. Christianity and Democracy Today in Europe Paul Silas Peterson 3. Christianity and the Struggle for Democracy in China Fuk-tsang Ying 4. Christian Conversion, Democracy and Minority Vulnerability in India and Neighboring Countries Chandra Mallampalli 5. Inside-Out or Outside-In: Christianity and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa Nicola de Jager 6. Christianity and Democracy Today in Latin America Paul Freston and Joanildo Burity 7. Democracy as a Theological Concept? Religious Narratives and Political Mythologies in the Russo-Ukrainian War Pavlo Smytsnyuk

About the author

David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, USA. He is also Chair of Christian Social Ethics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Senior Research Fellow at the International Baptist Theological Study Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Paul Silas Peterson is Privatdozent in the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University of Tübingen, Germany, and Protestant theologian at the Bundeswehr Centre of Military History and Social Sciences, Potsdam, Germany.

Summary

This volume explores Christianity’s relationship with democracy in a global perspective.

Product details

• Authors: David P. (Mercer University Gushee
• Assisted by: David P. Gushee (Editor), Paul Silas Peterson (Editor), Peterson Paul Silas (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032965765
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3296576-5
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: Studies in World Christianity and Interreligious Relations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Social & political philosophy, Religion & politics, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Religion and Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, Political structures / systems: democracy