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conversionary Protestantism: a standalone construct

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Comparative politics

the argument that Protestant missionaries spread mass literacy, printing and civil society, helping explain where stable democracy later emerged.

In comparative politics, conversionary Protestantism refers to the argument that Protestant missionaries spread mass literacy, printing and civil society, helping explain where stable democracy later emerged. This meaning comes from Woodberry (2012) in American Political Science Review.[1]

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References

Woodberry, R. D. (2012). The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy. American Political Science Review, 106(2), 244-274. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003055412000093

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