Evangelicals and Politics in Asia, Africa and Latin America

by Paul Freston

• ISBN13: 9780521800419
• ISBN10: 0521800412
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-02
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The global expansion of evangelical Christianity is one of the most important religious developments in recent decades, but its political dimension is little studied by the comparative literature on religion and world politics. Paul Freston's book is a pioneering comparative study of the political aspects of the new mass evangelical Protestantism of sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and parts of Asia. The book examines twenty-seven countries from the three major continents of the Third World, burrowing deep into the specificities of each country's religious and political fields, but keeping in view the need for cross-continental comparisons. The conclusion looks at the implications of evangelical politics for democracy, nationalism and globalisation. This unique account of the politics of global evangelicalism will be of interest across disciplines and in many different parts of the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
David Martin
Acknowledgements	xi
List of abbreviations	xiii
Introduction	1	(8)
PART ONE: BRAZIL	9	(50)
Brazil	11	(48)
PART TWO: ASIA	59	(48)
General Introduction
Korea	61	(9)
Philippines	70	(6)
Malaysia	76	(4)
Indonesia	80	(5)
India	85	(8)
Myanmar (Burma)	93	(8)
China	101	(6)
PART THREE: AFRICA	107	(84)
General Introduction
Sudan	115	(4)
Angola	119	(3)
Mozambique	122	(5)
Zimbabwe	127	(5)
Malawi	132	(2)
Rwanda	134	(5)
Uganda	139	(4)
Ghana	143	(3)
Kenya	146	(8)
Zambia	154	(11)
South Africa	165	(16)
Nigeria	181	(10)
PART FOUR: SPANISH-SPEAKING LATIN AMERICA	191	(90)
General Introduction
Argentina	197	(3)
Mexico	200	(12)
Chile	212	(15)
Colombia	227	(10)
Peru	237	(13)
Nicaragua	250	(13)
Guatemala	263	(18)
Conclusion	281	(41)
Bibliography	322	(15)
Index	337