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Meta-Religion : Religion and Power in World History

Paperback • 2015 • English

Meta-Religion : Religion and Power in World History

By James W. Laine

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About the book

Whereas many textbooks treat the subject of world religions in an apolitical way, as if each religion were a path for individuals seeking wisdom and not a discourse intimately connected with the exercise of power, James W. Laine treats religion and politics as halves of the same whole, tracing their relationship from the policies of Alexander the Great to the ideologies of modern Europe secularists, with stops in classical India, China, and the Islamic world. Meta-Religion is a groundbreaking te...Show more

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9781322576602

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Berkeley : University of California Press

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Meta-Religion : Religion and Power in World History

Format

Paperback

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