Unearthly Powers: Religious and Political Change in World History

by Alan Strathern

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Why was religion so important for rulers in the pre-modern world? And how did the world come to be dominated by just a handful of religious traditions, especially Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism? Drawing on sociology and anthropology, as well as a huge range of historical literature from all regions and periods of world history, Alan Strathern sets out a new way of thinking about transformations in the fundamental nature of religion and its interaction...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1108701957

ISBN13:9781108701952

Release Date:May 2019

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:404 Pages

Weight:1.67 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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