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9780415314589

Religion in World History: The Persistence of Imperial Communion

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415314589

  • ISBN10:

    0415314585

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2006-01-13
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Individuals and groups have long found identity and meaning through religion and its collective expression. InReligion in World History, John C. Super and Briane K. Turley examine the value of religion for interpreting the human experience in the past and present. Through this they explore those elements of religion that best connect it with cultural and political dynamics that have influenced history. Working within this general framework, Super and Turley bring out three unifying themes: The relationship between formal and informal religious beliefs, how these change through time, and how they are reflected in different cultures The relationship between church and state, from theocracies to the repression of religion The ongoing search for spiritual certainty, and the consequent splintering of core religious beliefs and the development of new ones

Author Biography

Briane K. Turley is Research Assistant Professor of Geography and History at West Virginia University.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
The language of religion
1(16)
Many paths to the summit
17(16)
Sacred writings and oral traditions
33(16)
Sacred places
49(18)
The course of empire
67(16)
Repression and revolt
83(16)
Religion, war, and peace
99(16)
Social questions
115(18)
Saints and sinners
133(16)
Artistic expression
149(18)
Past as prologue
167(4)
Bibliography 171(6)
Index 177

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