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The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun

By Roger Beck

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2007
ISBN
9780199216130, 0199216134
Open Library ID
OL9799191M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4285082 bytes)
Pages
302\302
Topic
Religion
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

This volume is a study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the "mystery cults" popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity. Roger Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic system in thought, word, ritual action, and cult life. He employs the methods of anthropology of religion and the new cognitive science of religion to explore in detail the semiotics of the Mysteries' astral symbolism, which has been the principal subject of his many previous publications on the cult.

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