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Converting Rulers: Global Patterns, 1450–1850 - Hardcover

Alan Strathern

 
9781108477161: Converting Rulers: Global Patterns, 1450–1850
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 110847716X ISBN 13: 9781108477161
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Strathern explains the religious map of the world in a pathbreaking analysis of case studies and global patterns of conversion.

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About the Author

Why did so many rulers throughout history risk converting to a new religion brought by outsiders? In his award-winning Unearthly Powers (2019), Alan Strathern set out a theoretical framework for understanding the relation between religion and political authority based on a distinction between two kinds of religion - immanentism and transcendentalism - and the different ways they made monarchy sacred. This ambitious and innovative companion volume tests and substantiates this approach using case studies from Kongo (1480–1530), Japan (1560–1614), Ayutthaya (Thailand, 1660–1690) and Hawaii (1800–1830). Through in-depth analysis of key turning points in the careers of warlords, chiefs and kings, a tapestry of unique characters and stories is brought to light. However, these examples ultimately demonstrate that global patterns of conversion can be established to illuminate the religious geography of the world today.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
110847716X
ISBN 13 
9781108477161
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
498