Imperial Reliance: A Comparative Missiological Consideration of Emperor Figures and Missionaries in Christianity and Buddhism

The institution of formal empire is not limited to studies of the past, but shows itself as a present possibility. This article employs the new discipline of comparative missiology in order to examine the relationship between missionary religions and empire. As Buddhism and Christianity parallel one...

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Authors: Bieber, Ken (Author) ; Beyers, Jaco 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of South Africa [2020]
In: Missionalia
Year: 2020, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-40
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BL Buddhism
CG Christianity and Politics
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBM Asia
KBQ North America
RJ Mission; missiology
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Erik Prince
B Xi Jinping
B Constantine
B Donald Trump
B Empire
B comparative missiology
B Dalai Lama
B Ashoka
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