Zoroastrians

Their Religious Beliefs and Practices
2. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-23902-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

Reihe: The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices

This book traces the continuous history of the faith from the time it was preached by Zoroaster down to the present day - a span of about 3,500 years. First taught among nomads on the Asian steppes, Zoroastrianism became the state religion of the three great Iranian empires and had a remarkable influence on other world faiths: to the east on northern Buddhism, to the west on Judaism, Christianity and Islam. With the conquest of Iran by the Muslim Arabs, Zoroastrianism lost its secular power, but continued to survive as a minority faith. Despite its antiquity, it remains a living religion.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boyce, Mary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Zarathustrismus, Zoroastrismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Kult, Riten, Feiertage, Zeremonien, Gebete

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword to this edition, Preface, Glossary, Signs and abbreviations 1 The background 2 Zoroaster and his teaching 3 The establishing of Mazda worship 4 The unrecorded centuries 5 Under the Achaemenians 6 Under the Seleucids and Arsacids 7 Under the early Sasanians 8 During the mid Sasanian period 9 Under the later Sasanians 10 Under the Caliphs 11 Under II-Khans, Rajahs and Sultans Contents 12 Under the Safavids and Mughals 13 Under the Qajars and British 14 In the twentieth century

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Boyce is Professor Emerita of Iranian Studies at the University of London and is the author of a number of works on Zoroastrianism and Manicheanism.