Religion as a category of governance and sovereignty

Religious-secular distinctions have been crucial to the way in which modern governments have rationalised their governance and marked out their sovereignty - as crucial as the territorial boundaries that they have drawn around nations. The authors of this volume provide a multi-dimensional picture o...

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Contributors: Stack, Trevor 1970- (Editor) ; Goldenberg, Naomi R. 1941- (Editor) ; Fitzgerald, Timothy (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill 2015
In:Year: 2015
Series/Journal:Supplements to method & theory in the study of religion 2214-3270 volume 3
Supplements to method & theory in the study of religion volume 3
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / State / Governance
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Gaia & Earth Energies
B Religion and state
B Electronic books
B RELIGION ; Christianity ; General
B Religion And Politics
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Religious-secular distinctions have been crucial to the way in which modern governments have rationalised their governance and marked out their sovereignty - as crucial as the territorial boundaries that they have drawn around nations. The authors of this volume provide a multi-dimensional picture of how the category of religion has served the ends of modern government
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
ISBN:9004290591