Sacred Kingship in World History Between Immanence and Transcendence |
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| Editor:
| Moin, A. Azfar
Strathern, Alan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-20417-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2022 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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Sacred kingship has been the core political form, in small-scale societies and in vast empires, for much of world history. This collaborative and interdisciplinary book recasts the relationship between religion and politics by exploring this institution in long-term and global comparative perspective.
Sacred kingship has been the core political form, in small-scale societies and in vast empires, for much of world history. This collaborative and interdisciplinary book recasts the relationship between religion and politics by exploring this institution in long-term and global comparative perspective.