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200 10$aReligion, empire, and torture$b[electronic resource] $ethe case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib /$fBruce Lincoln
210   $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007
215   $a1 online resource (195 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 143-167) and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- Center and periphery -- God's chosen -- Creation -- Microcosms, wonders, paradise -- The dark side of paradise -- Postscript: on Abu Ghraib and some related contemporary matters.
330   $aHow 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 
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606   $aReligion and politics$zIran$vCase studies
607   $aIran$xHistory$yTo 640
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