The Religious and the Political: A Comparative Sociology of Religion

Introduction Part I. The Religious and the Political: 1. Fear of diversity: the origin of politics 2. Charisma and church-state relations 3. City, nation and globe: the rise of the church and the citizen Part II. State Management of Religion: 4. Religion and kingship: liturgies and royal rituals 5. Religion and reproduction: marriage and family 6. Conversion and the state 7. Religion, state and legitimacy: three dimensions of authority Part III. Comparative and Historical Studies: 8. Buddhism and the political: the sangha and the state 9. Confucianism as state ideology: China 10. Religion, state and Japanese exceptionalism: nihonjinron 11. State and Turkish secularism: the case of Diyanet (with Berna Zengin Arslan) Part IV. Conclusion: 12. Popular religion and popular democracy 13. The state and freedom of religion.