Who Is Legitimating Whom? On Justifying Buddhism’s Place in the Body Politic

The concept of legitimation is very useful in conceptualising the relationship between religion and worldly authority. Virtually every religion in every society has in some way acted to legitimise (or delegitimise) temporal power. But herein also lies the limitation of the concept. It has been turne...

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Main Author: Vermeersch, Sem (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Dynamics in the history of religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Pages: 15-39
Further subjects:B Religion in Asien
B Asia
B Religion
B Asien-Studien
B Religionswissenschaften
B Ostasiatische Geschichte
B History
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