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Overview"Interaction with religions was one of the most demanding tasks for imperial leaders. Religions could be the glue that held an empire together, bolstering the legitimacy of individual rulers and of the imperial enterprise as a whole. Yet, they could also challenge this legitimacy and jeopardize an empire’s cohesiveness. As empires by definition ruled heterogeneous populations, they had to interact with a variety of religious cults, creeds, and establishments. These interactions moved from accommodation and toleration, to cooptation, control, or suppression; from aligning with a single religion to celebrating religious diversity or even inventing a new transcendent civic religion; and from lavish patronage to indifference. The volume’s contributors investigate these dynamics in major Eurasian empires—from those that functioned in a relatively tolerant religious landscape (Ashokan India, early China, Hellenistic, and Roman empires) to those that allied with a single proselytizing or non-proselytizing creed (Sassanian Iran, Christian and Islamic empires), to those that tried to accommodate different creeds through ""pay for pray"" policies (Tang China, the Mongols), exploring the advantages and disadvantages of each of these choices." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jörg Rüpke , Michal Biran , Yuri PinesPublisher: De Gruyter Imprint: De Gruyter ISBN: 9783111341620ISBN 10: 3111341623 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 19 February 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJörg Rüpke, University of Erfurt, Germany, Michal Biran, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |