Sociology of Japanese Rulership and Religion

<BODY> <P>by Moriyuki Abukuma "This study examines the historical relationships between rulership and religion in Japan from the viewpoint of Max Weber's sociology. Weber emphasizes the cultural importance of the relationship between secular and religious power. He states: For the development of culture the decisive question was whether or not the military charisma of the warlord and the pacifist charisma of the (usually meteorological) magician were united in the same hand. In the case that they were united (the case of caesaro-papism), the question was: which charisma was predominant for the development of ruling power? (1951, 30).</P> </BODY>