Zoroastrianism

Author : John W. Waterhouse
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473391393
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zoroastrianism written by John W. Waterhouse and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents Include Zoroaster Himself The Mission and Ministry of the Prophet The Scriptures of Zoroastrianism Doctrine of Man Developments and Contacts

Author : Prods Oktor Skjærvø
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300181019
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Zoroastrianism written by Prods Oktor Skjærvø and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest religions, though it is not among the best understood. Originating with Iranian tribes living in Central Asia in the second millennium BCE, Zoroastrianism was the official religion of the Iranian empires until Islam superseded it in the seventh century AD. Centered on the worship of Ahura Mazda, the All-knowing Ruler, Zoroastrianism follows the practices and rituals set out by the prophet Zarathustra, according to the indigenous tradition.As one of the world's great religions, Zoroastrianism has a heritage rich in texts and cultic practices. The texts are often markedly difficult to translate, but in this volume, Prods Oktor Skjaervo, professor of ancient Iranian languages and culture at Harvard, provides modern and accurate translations of Zoroastrian texts that have been selected to provide an overview of Zoroastrian beliefs and practices. In a comprehensive introduction to these sacred texts, Skjaervo outlines the history and essence of Zoroastrianism and discusses the major themes of this the first fully representative selection of Zoroastrian texts to be made available in English for over a century.

Author : Jenny Rose
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857735489
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zoroastrianism written by Jenny Rose and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Mary Boyce
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226069302
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism written by Mary Boyce and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1990-10-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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

Author : John Andrews
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847651798
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economist Book of Isms written by John Andrews and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-09-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entries include: Absurdism, Altruism, Antidisestablishmentarianism, Atheism, Bohemianism, Bonapartism, Buddhism, Capitalism, Careerism, Chauvinism, Colonialism, Cubism, Darwinism, Defeatism, Deism, Determinism, Eclecticism, Epicureanism, Eurocentrism, Expressionism, Fanaticism, Feminism, Freeganism, Freudianism, Futurism, Germanism, Globalism, Gnosticism, Hedonism, Heightism, Historicism, Hitlerism, Humanitarianism, Idealism, Imperialism, Institutionalism, Islamism, Isolationism, Jacksonianism, Jingoism, Judaism, Keynesianism, Lancastrianism, Leninism, Libertarianism, Localism, Maoism, Masculism, Mazdaism, Militarism, Modernism, Multiculturalism, Nazism, Neoconservatism, Nihilism, Nudism, Optimism, Orientalism, Paganism, Pan-Africanism, Phallocentrism, Poststructuralism, Quietism, Racism, Rastafarianism, Realism, Republicanism, Romanticism, Sikhism, Stoicism, Structuralism, Surrealism, Symbolism, Teaism, Taoism, Thatcherism, Unionism, Utilitarianism, Veganism, Vegetarianism, White Nationalism, Zionism, Zoroastrianism.

Author : Jenny Rose
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441113797
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zoroastrianism: A Guide for the Perplexed written by Jenny Rose and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insightful guide to the history, development and beliefs of this ancient religion, and its continuation as a lived religion today.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004092716
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbuch der Orientalistik written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1989 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Stausberg
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism written by Michael Stausberg and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2008 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Peter Clark
Publisher : Sussex Library of Religious Be
ISBN 13 : 9781898723783
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zoroastrianism written by Peter Clark and published by Sussex Library of Religious Be. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clark (religion, Cardiff U., Wales) insists on treating Zoroastrianism as a legitimate, living contemporary religion, rather than approaching it from the common, Western-biased viewpoint of being interested in it chiefly for its historical influences on the development of Judaism and Christianity. Clark discusses the historicity of the prophet Zarathushtra; identifies the deities and tenets of the faith; describes worship, rituals, and other observances; investigates its ethical constructs; and offers a view of Zoroastrianism today. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Sarah Stewart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857728156
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Zoroastrian Flame written by Sarah Stewart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many centuries, from the birth of the religion late in the second millennium BC to its influence on the Achaemenids and later adoption in the third century AD as the state religion of the Sasanian Empire, it enjoyed imperial patronage and profoundly shaped the culture of antiquity. The Magi of the New Testament most probably were Zoroastrian priests from the Iranian world, while the enigmatic figure of Zarathushtra (or Zoroaster) himself has exerted continual fascination in the West, influencing creative artists as diverse as Voltaire, Nietzsche, Mozart and Yeats. This authoritative volume brings together internationally recognised scholars to explore Zoroastrianism in all its rich complexity. Examining key themes such as history and modernity, tradition and scripture, art and architecture and minority status and religious identity, it places the modern Zoroastrians of Iran, and the Parsis of India, in their proper contexts. The book extends and complements the coverage of its companion volume, The Everlasting Flame.