Religions of Iran: From Prehistory to the Present - Brossura

Foltz, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1780743084 ISBN 13: 9781780743080

Casa editrice: Oneworld Pubns Ltd, 2013

Riassunto

Although today associated exclusively with Islam, Iran has in fact played an unparalleled role within all the world religions, injecting Iranian ideas into the Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, and Manichaean traditions of the merchants who passed along the Silk Road. This vivid and surprising work explores the manner in which Persian culture has interacted with and transformed each world faith, from the migration of the Israelites to Iran thousands of years ago to the influence of Iranian notions on Mahayana Buddhism and Christianity. Foltz considers Iran’s role in shaping the Muslim world, not only in the Middle East but also in South Asia in an evocative and informative journey through the spiritual heritage of an ancient and influential region.

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Richard Foltz is among our foremost interpreters of Iranian spiritual traditions, and is among the rare scholars capable of explaining, vividly and clearly, the whole panoply of the country's rich religious history-- a history that has at every point along the way had an important impact on the West. --Juan R. I. Cole - Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan

This book provides a comprehensive, scholarly and highly readable account of the development of Iranian religions through the ages. Foltz magnificently demonstrates the influence and interaction between Iranian and other world religions. Every student of the history of religions should read this book in order to fully understand the contributions of the Iranian tradition, from Zoroastrianism to the Kurdish religion of the Ahl-e Haqq. --Touraj Daryaee - Howard C. Baskerville Professor In the History of Iran and the Persianate World University of California, Irvine

This book is a fascinating, wide-ranging tour de force which lays bare the deep cultural continuity of Iranian spirituality from prehistoric times to the present. --Almut Hintze - Zartoshty Professor of Zoroastrianism, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

L'autore:

Richard Foltz is a professor of Iranian studies at Concordia University and the founding director of Concordia's Centre for Iranian Studies. He lives in Montreal.

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• Editore: Oneworld Pubns Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1780743084
• ISBN 13: 9781780743080
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 314