Religious Organizations and Political Process in Centralized Empires
S. Ν. Eisenstadt
The problem of the relations between religious and political organizations systems has been long standing in broad field comparative historical studies sociology religion. work Max Weber, although more explicitly focused on economics religion has, course, contained many general concrete analyses interrelations politics specific types particular. Some recent works dealing with this area have devoted to “The State Religion.” These discussions emphasized their interdependence mutual influence, especially “developed” forms both institutions, but not always specified exact structures whose interaction formed object analysis.
The Journal of Asian Studies