Book contents
- Unearthly Powers
- Unearthly Powers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Two Forms of Religion: Being and Nothingness
- 2 Religion as the Fabric of the State
- 3 The Two Forms of Sacred Kingship: Divinisation and Righteousness
- 4 The Economy of Ritual Efficacy and the Empirical Reception of Christianity
- 5 The Conversion of Kings under the Conditions of Immanentism: Constantine to Cakobau
- 6 Dreams of State: Conversion as the Making of Kings and Subjects
- Conclusion
- Glossary of Theoretical Terms
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - The Two Forms of Sacred Kingship: Divinisation and Righteousness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2019
Book contents
- Unearthly Powers
- Unearthly Powers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Two Forms of Religion: Being and Nothingness
- 2 Religion as the Fabric of the State
- 3 The Two Forms of Sacred Kingship: Divinisation and Righteousness
- 4 The Economy of Ritual Efficacy and the Empirical Reception of Christianity
- 5 The Conversion of Kings under the Conditions of Immanentism: Constantine to Cakobau
- 6 Dreams of State: Conversion as the Making of Kings and Subjects
- Conclusion
- Glossary of Theoretical Terms
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Unearthly PowersReligious and Political Change in World History, pp. 155 - 218Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019