Introduction: [Woodberry] presents a grand and quite ambitious theory of how conversionary Protestants contributed to building democratic societies, says Philip Jenkins, distinguished professor of history at Baylor University. Try as I might to pick holes in it, the theory holds up. [It has] major implications for the global study of Christianity. Why did some countries become democratic, while others went the route of theocracy or dictatorship? asks Daniel Philpott, who teaches political science and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame. For [Woodberry] to show through devastatingly thorough analysis that conversionary Protestants are crucial to what makes the country democratic today [is] remarkable in many ways. Not only is it another factor—it turns out to be the most important factor. It cant be anything but startling for scholars of democracy.” academia.edu/2128659/The_Missionary_Roots_of_Liberal_Democracy
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