Christianity and Democracy Today: International Perspectives [Hardcover]

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

This volume explores Christianitys relationship with democracy in a global perspective.

How are the various democratic ideals being addressed by influential Christian intellectuals, theologians, ethicists, churches and church leaders around the world today? The contributors reflect on the status of the democratic idea in the churches, theological academy and public religious life in a variety of social and political contexts. They consider how the democratic idea can be cultivated in Christian communities and intellectual traditions with a view to contemporary challenges.

This book will be of particular interest to scholars of religion, theology and political science.

This volume explores Christianitys relationship with democracy in a global perspective.

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 Amls›