Religion and politics : nationalism, globalisation and empire

Bryan S. Turner

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    Abstract

    The relationship between religion and politics can be examined under three rather different historical circumstances: nation-states, the global system, and empire. Although these three socio-political contexts may overlap in time and space, they are examined here in their specific historical settings. These three contexts are explored in a broadly historical or evolutionary framework, and my conceptual model is explicitly based on the famous essay by Robert Bellah (1964) on 'religious evolution', which traced the development of religion towards its individualistic, pluralistic and denominational features in a secular age. The point of this framework is heuristic, namely to help us to think more clearly about the contemporary period.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)209-224
    Number of pages16
    JournalAsian Journal of Social Science
    Volume34
    Issue number2
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

    Keywords

    • nationalism
    • religion and politics

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