ABSTRACT
Earlier chapters lay the foundation for the argument that the transformation of morals and ethics attempted by Sido and Kạnhu under the Santal rebellion (1855–1856) is a universalisation of morals, ethics and law. This chapter brings that argument into focus. Moving beyond the concept of salvation religions as introduced by Max Weber, Sido and Kạnhu’s emphasis on universalisation is shown to be relevant to a more specific discussion of changes that move beyond the substantial religious sphere and towards a larger legal and political sphere. The chapter points to the fact that similar processes of universalisation may be beyond Weber’s core case, namely the transformation of religions that took place in the middle of the first millennium before the Common Era and resulted in the appearance of the salvation religions.
