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I have long been intrigued by the fact that the Roman and Han empires collapsed at roughly the same time, and that there emerged from the rubble two universal salvation religions—Buddhism and Christianity—that proved indispensable to social and political reconstruction. Knowing only the rudiments of the Western story, I will focus on what I consider to be the ideo-logic of events in China, leaving aside the economic and technological factors of which I am ignorant. ; Durante mucho tiempo me ha desconcertado el hecho de que los imperios Romano y Han colapsaron aproximadamente al mismo tiempo, y que de sus escombros surgieron dos religiones universales de salvación, el Budismo y el Cristianismo, que resultaron indispensables para la reconstrucción social y política. Conociendo solo los rudimentos de la historia occidental, me centraré en lo que considero la ideología de los acontecimientos en China, dejando de lado los factores económicos y tecnológicos que desconozco. ; Há muito tempo estou intrigado com o fato de que os impérios Romano e Han desmoronaram mais ou menos ao mesmo tempo, e que de seus escombros emergiram duas religiões universais de salvação – Budismo e Cristianismo – que se provaram indispensáveis para a reconstrução social e política. Conhecendo apenas os rudimentos da história ocidental, focalizarei o que considero a ideologia dos acontecimentos na China, deixando de lado os fatores econômicos e tecnológicos que desconheço.

Lagerwey criticizes the very dichotomy between China and the West, emphasizing the long history of cultural borrowings that makes any clear distinction pointless. Rather than imagining competing, culturally specific visions of democracy, he cites the US Declaration of Independence, with all its historical specificity, as the expression of a set of universal human values in which human beings everywhere 'aspire to the same things.' While he refers to the right of a people to 'throw off' despotism, suggesting an emancipatory inclination, his insistence on the inevitability of such a movement implies a passive determinism that would obviate the need to concretely criticize any current Chinese policies. Adapted from the source document.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Religio-political Nexus: Historical and Comparative Reflections -- 3 Politics and Religion in a Global Age -- 4 Comparative Secularisms and the Politics of Modernity -- 5 Europe in the Global Rise of Religious Nationalism -- 6 The European Union's Civil Religion in the Making? -- 7 Democracy, Secularism and Islam in Turkey -- 8 Orthodox Religion and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia -- 9 Religion and Politics, Church and State in Chinese History -- 10 Religion and the State in Contemporary Japan -- 11 Arab Revolutions and Political Islam: A Structural Approach -- 12 Beyond Post-secularism: Religion in Political Analysis (Review Article) -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index