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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.
311   $a0-226-48196-4 
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 
606   $aReligion and politics
606   $aReligion and politics$zIran$vCase studies
607   $aIran$xHistory$yTo 640
610   $aachaemenian persia, abu ghraib, religion, empire, imperialism, violence, government, ambition, conquest, invasion, territory, expansion, theology, iran, middle east, dynasty, nonfiction, history, dualism, ethics, divine election, mission, salvation, cosmos, morality, paradise lost, wealth, power, torture, politics, purpose, land rights.
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