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Using examples from Rome to Tahiti, Strathern sets out a new way of thinking about religion and its changing relationship with political authority throughout history. Exploring phenomena including sacred kingship, conversion, and the rise of the world religions, this is a major intervention in our understanding of the pre-modern world.
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Unearthly Powers, Alan Strathern
- Language
- Released
- 2019
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Unearthly Powers
- Subtitle
- Religious and Political Change in World History
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Alan Strathern
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 404
- ISBN10
- 1108701957
- ISBN13
- 9781108701952
- Series
- Description
- Using examples from Rome to Tahiti, Strathern sets out a new way of thinking about religion and its changing relationship with political authority throughout history. Exploring phenomena including sacred kingship, conversion, and the rise of the world religions, this is a major intervention in our understanding of the pre-modern world.