{"product_id":"9780190294748","title":"Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia","description":"Although a minority of the Asian population, Protestants in Asia are a fast-growing group. What are the political implications of this evangelical Christianity? In some cases, religion has enabled poor and marginalized people to gain greater prosperity, self-confidence and civic skills, and more open-minded and democratic societies.  But does religion have the kind of cultural currency needed to generate political changes in governments such as China's? \u003cem\u003eEvangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia\u003c\/em\u003e provides six case studies on China, Western India, Northeast India, Indonesia, South Korea, and the Philippines. The contributors, mainly younger scholars based in Asia, bring first hand-knowledge to their chapters. The result is a groundbreaking work, indispensable to everyone concerned with the future of the region.  \u003cem\u003eEvangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia\u003c\/em\u003e is one of four volumes in the series Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in the Global South and grew from a Pew-funded study that sought to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? At a time when the global-political impact of another revivalist and scriptural religion - Islam - fuels debate, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106685862128,"sku":"9780190294748","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780190294748_p0.jpg?v=1763659156","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780190294748","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}