LEADER 00615nam2 22002291i 450 001 990007820610403321 035 $a000782061 035 $aFED01000782061 035 $a(Aleph)000782061FED01 035 $a000782061 100 $a20030801d--------km-y0itay50------ba 200 1 $a<>comitato dei creditori vol.3pp.103-118 463 0$1001000778316 610 0 $a 701 1$aGallesio-Piuma,$bMaria Elena$0229554 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990007820610403321 959 $aDDCP 996 $aComitato dei creditori vol.3pp.103-118$9664746 997 $aUNINA DB $aGEN01 LEADER 02779nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910954638703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612537905 010 $a9781282537903 010 $a1282537903 010 $a9780226481913 010 $a0226481913 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226481913 035 $a(CKB)2550000000007459 035 $a(EBL)485972 035 $a(OCoLC)593283266 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342297 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947747 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342297 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10270836 035 $a(PQKB)10998289 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122977 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC485972 035 $a(DE-B1597)524030 035 $a(OCoLC)1135593015 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226481913 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL485972 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10366861 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253790 035 $a(Perlego)1852314 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000007459 100 $a20061113d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReligion, empire, and torture $ethe case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib /$fBruce Lincoln 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (195 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780226481968 311 08$a0226481964 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$yTo 640 615 0$aReligion and politics. 615 0$aReligion and politics 676 $a935/.05 700 $aLincoln$b Bruce$0260225 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954638703321 996 $aReligion, empire, and torture$91334583 997 $aUNINA