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And then Paul's head exploded - DrTorch - 12-21-2011 02:25 PM
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/12/20/the-missionaries-win-christianity-becomes-global-religious-superpower/
Quote:One interesting speculation: the push toward democracy in many countries has been led by Christian laypeople and religious organizations. (That was not true 100 years ago; outside the English speaking world at that time many Christian churches and movements were closely tied to premodern, anti-democratic or anti-republican ideas.) ...
That was part of the missionary dream: that the spread of Christianity would lead to the spread of freer, better government. The reign of Christ would liberate mankind,