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Lincoln Bruce
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Titolo: |
Religion, empire, and torture [[electronic resource] ] : the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib / / Bruce Lincoln
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Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
Disciplina: | 935/.05 |
Soggetto topico: | Religion and politics |
Religion and politics - Iran | |
Soggetto geografico: | Iran History To 640 |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-167) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Religion, empire, and torture ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-282-53790-3 |
9786612537905 | |
0-226-48191-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910456797803321 |
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