This is a well written book which deals with religion and the state. He goes through history and religions and empires. The relation between "church" and state is always important. Religions are a threat to state power unless they can be used to stabilize and strengthen the state. Metareligion is those guiding principles that in a sense transcend particular religions and inform the group morality and ethos. The concluding chapter is a wonderful summary and I wish I had read it at the beginning as well as the end.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Metareligion: Religion and Power in World History by James W. Laine
This is a well written book which deals with religion and the state. He goes through history and religions and empires. The relation between "church" and state is always important. Religions are a threat to state power unless they can be used to stabilize and strengthen the state. Metareligion is those guiding principles that in a sense transcend particular religions and inform the group morality and ethos. The concluding chapter is a wonderful summary and I wish I had read it at the beginning as well as the end.
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