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Author : Abolala Soudavar
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312105984
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mithraic Societies: From Brotherhood Ideal to Religion's Adversary written by Abolala Soudavar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Abolala Soudavar
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312106069
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mithraic Societies: From Brotherhood to Religion's Adversary - (b&w) written by Abolala Soudavar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although by its title, this book seems to be about a specialized topic, the spread of Mithraic societies and its avatars, in time and geographical expanse, much enhances its relevancy. From Roman legionaries to chivalry orders, from dervish circles to guild organizations, and from Freemasons to French revolutionaries, the hierarchy of Mithraic societies, their initiation rites, and their oaths of secrecy, provided a model for brotherhood organization that was efficient, but also flexible; they could adapt their philosophy to the prevailing politico-religion conditions of the day, because they did not worship any particular god, but could also be comrades in arms with nascent religious movements, such as with Christianity. Mithra was the initial guarantor of their oath, and if need be it could be replaced by Jesus, Allah or any other divinity. Their ÒreligionÓ was their brotherhood, and as such they usually provided a counter-balance to the power elite, and had the potential to become politically active.
Author : William John Phythian-Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mithraism written by William John Phythian-Adams and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philippa Adrych
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198792530
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)
Download or read book Images of Mithra written by Philippa Adrych and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents six case-studies of objects from different periods and regions of antiquity that are labelled by variations of the name Mithra, including the Roman Mithras, Persian Mihr, and Bactrian Miiro. Each chapter places each object in its original context, before questioning its role in religious ritual, tradition, and belief
Author : Jaś Elsner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108473075
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)
Download or read book Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity written by Jaś Elsner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the problems for studying art and religion in Eurasia arising from ancestral, colonial and post-colonial biases in historiography.
Author : Abolala Soudavar
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387826085
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)
Download or read book IRANIAN COMPLEXITIES: A STUDY IN ACHAEMENID, AVESTAN, AND SASANIAN CONTROVERSIES written by Abolala Soudavar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monotheistic ideology that Darius imposed on the nascent Achaemenid state resulted in a religious revolution with far reaching effects, as it reverberated on two different levels. At the top level, the imposition of an omnipotent abstract god, Ahura Mazda, created a sharp reaction that led to the general massacre of the opposition termed as Magophonia by Herodotus. Several centuries of doctrinal development led to Zoroastrianism, a religion marked by the art of compromise and virulent rhetoric. While the Zoroastrian influence on Abrahamic religions has mainly been investigated in respect to borrowed concepts such as Paradise or Day of Judgment, its influence on the art of compromise and rhetoric has been neglected. So has been the influence of its underground opposition, organized as brotherhood. The underground opposition affected early Christianity, while the Iranian clergy influenced the Judaic priesthood. Together, they ended up affecting Islam
Author : Abolala Soudavar
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329489942
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Original Iranian Creator God "Apam Nap_t" (or Apam Naph_t?) written by Abolala Soudavar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Saïd Amir Arjomand
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226026841
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)
Download or read book Revolution written by Saïd Amir Arjomand and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolution is a discontinuity: one political order replaces another, typically through whatever violent means are available. Modern theories of revolutions tend neatly to bracket the French Revolution of 1789 with the fall of the Soviet Union two hundred years later, but contemporary global uprisings—with their truly multivalent causes and consequences—can overwhelm our ability to make sense of them. In this authoritative new book, Saïd Amir Arjomand reaches back to antiquity to propose a unified theory of revolution. Revolution illuminates the stories of premodern rebellions from the ancient world, as well as medieval European revolts and more recent events, up to the Arab Spring of 2011. Arjomand categorizes revolutions in two groups: ones that expand the existing body politic and power structure, and ones that aim to erode—but paradoxically augment—their authority. The revolutions of the past, he tells us, can shed light on the causes of those of the present and future: as long as centralized states remain powerful, there will be room for greater, and perhaps forceful, integration of the politically disenfranchised.
Author : Kia Chad Kia
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474450407
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)
Download or read book Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shi'ism in Iran, 1487-1565 written by Kia Chad Kia and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary book decodes some of the world's most exquisite medieval paintings. It reveals the hidden meaning behind enigmatic figures and scenes that have puzzled modern scholars, focusing on five 'miniature' paintings. Chad Kia shows how the cryptic elements in these works of art from Timurid Persia conveyed the mystical teachings of Sufi poets like Rumi, Attar and Jami, and heralded one of the most significant events in the history of Islam: the takeover by the Safavids in 1501 and the conversion of Iran to Shiism.
Author : D. T. Potts
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520395018
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran written by D. T. Potts and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Originally delivered as the Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures, Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran is an exploration of kinship in the archaeological and historical record of Iran’s most ancient civilizations. D.T. Potts brings together history, archaeology, and social anthropology to provide an overview of what we can know about the kith and kinship ties in Iran, from prehistory to Elamite, Achaemenid, and Sasanian times. In so doing, he sheds light on the rich body of evidence that exists for kin relations in Iran, a topic that has too often been ignored in the study of the ancient world.
