TY  - BOOK
AU  - Turner,Bryan S.
ED  - Cambridge University Press.
TI  - The religious and the political: a comparative sociology of religion 
SN  - 9780521675314
AV  - BL65.P7 T87 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - Religion and sociology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271); -- Fear of diversity: the origin of politics; -- Charisma and church-state relations; -- City, nation, and globe: the rise of the church and the citizen; -- Religion and kingship: liturgies and royal rituals; -- Religion and reproduction: marriage and family; -- Conversion and the state; -- Religion, state, and legitimacy: three dimensions of authority; -- Buddhism and the political: the sangha and the state; -- Confucianism and state ideology: China; -- Religion,  state, and Japanese exceptionalism: nihonjinron; -- State and Turkish secularism: the case of the Diyanet; / with Berna Zengin Arslan
N2  - "Religion and politics are two fundamental dimensions of human society, and yet they are often at loggerheads. Religion appears to belong to a different realm, signifying matters that are permanent and enduring, residing beyond the everyday. Politics appears to involve the secular struggle for power and influence, being driven by interest"--
ER  -