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Zoroastrianism A Guide For The Perplexed

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Author : Jenny Rose
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-08-18

Zoroastrianism A Guide For The Perplexed written by Jenny Rose and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-18 with Religion categories.

The significance of the Zoroastrian religion in the development of the history of thought is often only mentioned in passing, or is completely overlooked. Zoroastrianism has developed over a span of at least three thousand years, with roots in a common Indo-Iranian culture and mythology, then becoming part of imperial Iranian ideology within an Ancient Near Eastern setting, and emerging in variant forms in western and central Asia in late antiquity. The religion continues as a living faith for an estimated 130 - 150,000 adherents in the world. Most Zoroastrians if asked, 'In a nutshell, what do Zoroastrians believe?' would begin their answer with the moral maxim: 'Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds.' Zoroastrianism: A Guide for the Perplexed takes this foundational trifold ethic as the framework for its three main chapters. The book presents a comprehensive study of the religion through its focus on the questions that perplexed seekers might ask of a Zoroastrian concerning ideology and ethics; current discussions of 'text' and 'author'; and the putting-into-practice of the religion.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion To Zoroastrianism

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Author : Michael Stausberg
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2022-12-12

The Wiley Blackwell Companion To Zoroastrianism written by Michael Stausberg and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-12 with Religion categories.

This is the first ever comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest living religions Evenly divided into five thematic sections beginning with an introduction to Zoroaster/Zarathustra and concluding with the intersections of Zoroastrianism and other religions Reflects the global nature of Zoroastrian studies with contributions from 34 international authorities from 10 countries Presents Zoroastrianism as a cluster of dynamic historical and contextualized phenomena, reflecting the current trend to move away from textual essentialism in the study of religion

Zoroastrianism

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Author : Jenny Rose
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-04-02

Zoroastrianism written by Jenny Rose and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-02 with Religion categories.

Zoroastrianism is one of the world's great ancient religions. In present-day Iran, significant communities of Zoroastrians (who take their name from the founder of the faith, the remarkable religious reformer Zoroaster) still practise the rituals and teach the moral precepts that once undergirded the officially state-sanctioned faith of the mighty Sasanian empire. Beyond Iran, the Zoroastrian disapora is significant especially in India, where the Gujarati-speaking community of emigrants from post-Sasanian Iran call themselves 'Parsis'. But there are also significant Zoroastrian communities to be found elsewhere, such as in the USA, Britain and Canada, where western cultural contexts have shaped the religion in intriguing ways and directions. This new, thorough and wide-ranging introduction will appeal to anyone interested in discovering more about the faith that bequeathed the contrasting words 'Magi' and 'magic', and whose adherents still live according to the code of 'Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds.' The central Zoroastrian concept that human beings are continually faced with a choice between the path of 'good' and 'evil', represented by the contrasting figures of Ahura Mazda and Ahriman, inspired thinkers as diverse as Voltaire, Mozart and Nietzsche. Jenny Rose shows why Zoroastrianism remains one of the world's most inspiring and perennially fascinating systems of ethics and belief. 'Jenny Rose's lively and engaging account comprises a very readable, well informed survey of Zoroastrianism and its history. The book is a pleasure to read throughout, and the author's writing style is markedly beautiful, placing her very much within Mary Boyce's literary tradition. Rose has read widely round the subject, engaging with important primary and secondary sources and rendering her thorough treatment of Zoroastrianism fully up-to-date. I particularly welcomed her valuable discussion of Zoroastrianism in Central Asia. All in all, the book is a fine example of considered synthesis and compression. This is a book one wants to read from beginning to end without putting it down. It will find a warm welcome from students of the subject and their teachers.' - Almut Hintze, Zartoshty Professor of Zoroastrianism, SOAS, University of London

Zoroastrians

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Author : Mary Boyce
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2001

Zoroastrians written by Mary Boyce and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Religion categories.

Zoroastrianism is of enormous importance in the history of religions. It became the state religion of the three great Iranian empires and influenced other world faiths: northern Buddhism and Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Living Zoroastrianism

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Author : Philip G. Kreyenbroek
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2001

Living Zoroastrianism written by Philip G. Kreyenbroek and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Religion categories.

This text describes the realities of modern Parsi religion through 30 interviews in which urban Parsis belonging to different social milieus and religious schools of thought discuss various aspects of their religious lives. Zoroastrianism, the faith founded by the Iranian prophet Zarathustra, originated around 1000BCE and is widely regarded as the world's first revealed religion. Although the number of its followers declined dramatically in the centuries after the 7th century Islamic conquest of Iran, Zoroastrians survive in Iran to the present day. The other major Zoroastrian community are the Parsis of India, descendants of Zoroastrians who fled Muslim dominion.

Zarathustra And Zoroastrianism

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Author : Michael Stausberg
language : en
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Release Date : 2008

Zarathustra And Zoroastrianism written by Michael Stausberg and has been published by Equinox Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.

Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism offers a compact, concise and accessible survey of Zoroastrianism. Chapters address Zarathustra and the origins of the religion, religious concepts and narratives, ethics and gender, priesthoods and rituals, transitions and festivals.

Textual Sources For The Study Of Zoroastrianism

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Author : Mary Boyce
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1990-10-15

Textual Sources For The Study Of Zoroastrianism written by Mary Boyce and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-10-15 with Religion categories.

"Boyce is a, perhaps the, world authority on Zoroastrianism. . . . Prefaced by a 27-page introduction, this anthology contains selections which offer a complete picture of Zoroastrian belief, worship and practice. There are historical texts from the sixth century B.C. onwards, and extracts from modern Zoroastrian writings representing traditionalism, occultism and reformist opinion. Anyone wishing to know more about this 'least well known of the world religions' should sample these selections."—The Methodist Church "Wide-ranging. . . . An indispensable one-volume collection of primary materials."—William R. Darrow, Religious Studies Review

Handbuch Der Orientalistik

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Author :
language : de
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1991

Handbuch Der Orientalistik written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Zoroastrianism categories.

The Zoroastrian Faith

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Author : Solomon Alexander Nigosian
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1993

The Zoroastrian Faith written by Solomon Alexander Nigosian and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Religion categories.

Zoroastrian history, teachings, scriptures etc.

A History Of Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism Under Macedonian And Roman Rule

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Author : Mary Boyce
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-11-02

A History Of Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism Under Macedonian And Roman Rule written by Mary Boyce and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-02 with Reference categories.

This volume traces the history of Zoroastrianism at times and places where its existence has previously been largely ignored, or treated only episodically. Literary, archaeological and numismatic evidence has been drawn on (some of it only recently brought to light), and local developments are distinguished. In Iran itself some 200 years of Macedonian rule had little effect on the national religion. To the east, Zoroastrianism survived in the Greco-Bactrian kingdoms and under Mauryan suzereinty, where it came into contact with Buddhism. In Eastern Mediterranean lands it was maintained by Iranian expatriates well down into Roman imperial times. They adopted Greek for their written tongue, and Zoroastrian doctrines thus became known in the Greco-Roman world. Study is made accordingly of Zoroastrian contributions to Hellenistic thought, and to Judaism, Christianity and Mithraism; and an excursus provides a thorough reassessment of the Zoroastrian pseudepigrapha.