Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia [Hardcover]

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? Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia 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.