Converting Rulers - Couverture souple

Strathern, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108702104 ISBN 13 : 9781108702102

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Why did so many rulers throughout history risk converting to a new religion brought by outsiders? In his award-winning Unearthly Powers (2019), Alan Strathern set out a theoretical framework for understanding the relation between religion and political authority based on a distinction between two kinds of religion - immanentism and transcendentalism - and the different ways they made monarchy sacred. This ambitious and innovative companion volume tests and substantiates this approach using case studies from Kongo (1480-1530), Japan (1560-1614), Ayutthaya (Thailand, 1660-1690) and Hawaii (1800-1830). Through in-depth analysis of key turning points in the careers of warlords, chiefs and kings, a tapestry of unique characters and stories is brought to light. However, these examples ultimately demonstrate that global patterns of conversion can be established to illuminate the religious geography of the world today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan Strathern is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Oxford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108702104
• ISBN 13: 9781108702102
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 498
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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