Paul Freston is Professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil.

• Contents: Introduction: Protestant political parties in global perspective: Political parties, religion and Protestantism; Three waves of Protestant parties; Problematizing Protestant parties. The European Heartland: The Netherlands; Switzerland; Germany. Scandinavia And The Baltic: Scandinavia; Norway; Sweden; Denmark; Finland; The Baltic Republics; Latvia; Estonia. The English-Speaking World: The United Kingdom; Canada; New Zealand; Australia. Asia And The Pacific: The Third World; Fiji; Korea; Indonesia; India; Pakistan. Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa; Namibia; Zambia; South Africa; Latin America (I): Latin America; Nicaragua; Colombia; Venezuela. Latin America (II): Costa Rica; Guatemala; Bolivia; El Salvador; Mexico; Argentina; Peru; Chile; Panama; Dominican Republic; Paraguay; Ecuador; Brazil (and Portugal). Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

'I think it would be true to say that nobody else has Paul Freston's grasp of this complex and growing field. He has a firm grasp of complicated issues, a grounding in contemporary political sociology, and a capacity to present data and argument clearly'. David Martin, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, LSE '... a valuable resource for understanding the diverse range of Protestant movements throughout the world. Freston writes in a non-academic fashion which makes the book accessible to the general reader.' DenkWijzer ’Freston's portrayal is an achievement that I think virtually nobody else could pull off. It is rare that a scholar will be motivated enough to collect this much information about obscure and distant efforts at religious politics without having a strong agenda of his own... Protestant Political Parties, like Freston's previous work, pushes us to stop reading the past into the present, and instead develop our theorizations from complex emprical reality.’ Sociology of Religion ’... this volume appears destined to become the standard work on the subject.’ Evangelical Review of Society and Politics