{"product_id":"evangelical-christianity-and-democracy-in-terence-o-ranger-9780195174779","title":"Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa","description":"In recent decades, Christianity has acquired millions of new adherents in Africa, the region with the world's fastest-expanding population. What role has this development of evangelical Christianity played in Africa's democratic history? To what extent do its churches affect its politics? By taking a historical view and focusing specifically on the events of the past few years, \u003cem\u003eEvangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to explore these questions, offering individual case studies of six countries: Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, and Mozambique. Unlike most analyses of democracy which come from a secular Western tradition, these contributors, mainly younger scholars based in Africa, bring first-hand knowledge to their chapters and employ both field and archival research to develop their data and analyses. The result is a groundbreaking work that will be indispensable to everyone concerned with the future of this volatile region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa\u003c\/em\u003e is one of four volumes in the series \u003cem\u003eEvangelical Christianity and Democracy in the Global South\u003c\/em\u003e, which seeks 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 vexed debate among analysts the world over, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective on a critical issue: the often combustible interaction of resurgent religion and the developing world's unstable politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terence O. Ranger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195174771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195174779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Terence O. Ranger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435278610687,"sku":"9780195174779","price":96.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc585cd2-e151-4776-88e2-d8c1d847c8a7.jpg?v=1777149382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/evangelical-christianity-and-democracy-in-terence-o-ranger-9780195174779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}