Political Theologies and Development in Asia: Transcendence, Sacrifice, and Aspiration

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A timely reassessment of the critical potential for political theology, this volume expands beyond the tendency to focus on the (post-)Christian West to open new lines of investigation. Through detailed empirical studies of development in Asia the chapters cast new light on the entanglements between religion and politics in this diverse region. -- .

Giuseppe Bolotta Assistant Professor (Research) in Anthropology at the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University Philip Fountain is a Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington R. Michael Feener is Professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University, and an Associate Member of the History Faculty at the University of Oxford -- .