In this important study John de Gruchy examines the past, present and future roles of Christianity in the development of democracy. He traces the relationship from its gestation in early Christendom to its virtual breakdown as democracy becomes the polity of modernity, and focuses on five twentieth-
The Quest for a Just World Order
β Scribed by Samuel S. Kim
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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