02726nam 2200649 a 450 991045679780332120200520144314.01-282-53790-397866125379050-226-48191-310.7208/9780226481913(CKB)2550000000007459(EBL)485972(OCoLC)593283266(SSID)ssj0000342297(PQKBManifestationID)11947747(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342297(PQKBWorkID)10270836(PQKB)10998289(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122977(MiAaPQ)EBC485972(DE-B1597)524030(OCoLC)1135593015(DE-B1597)9780226481913(Au-PeEL)EBL485972(CaPaEBR)ebr10366861(CaONFJC)MIL253790(EXLCZ)99255000000000745920061113d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligion, empire, and torture[electronic resource] the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib /Bruce LincolnChicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (195 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-48196-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-167) and index.Introduction -- Center and periphery -- God's chosen -- Creation -- Microcosms, wonders, paradise -- The dark side of paradise -- Postscript: on Abu Ghraib and some related contemporary matters.How does religion stimulate and feed imperial ambitions and violence? Recently this question has acquired new urgency, and in Religion, Empire, and Torture, Bruce Lincoln approaches the problem via a classic but little-studied case: Achaemenian Persia.Lincoln identifies three core components of an imperial theology that have transhistorical and contemporary relevance: dualistic ethics, a theory of divine election, and a sense of salvific mission. Beyond this, he asks, how did the Achaemenians understand their place in the cosmos and their moral status in relation Religion and politicsReligion and politicsIranCase studiesIranHistoryTo 640Electronic books.Religion and politics.Religion and politics935/.05Lincoln Bruce260225MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456797803321Religion, empire, and torture1334583UNINA