Unearthly Powers: Religious and Political Change in World History by Alan Strathern
Unearthly Powers: Religious and Political Change in World History

Alan Strathern

Unearthly Powers: Religious and Political Change in World History

Alan Strathern

404 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

Why was religion so important for rulers in the pre-modern world? And how did the world come to be dominated by just a handful of religious traditions, especially Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism? Drawing on sociology and anthropology, as well as...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...