The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy

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id eprints-39777
recordtype eprints
institution SOAS, University of London
collection SOAS Research Online
language English
language_search English
topic B Philosophy (General)
BL Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BM Judaism
BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
BQ Buddhism
BR Christianity
BS The Bible
BT Doctrinal Theology
BX Christian Denominations
D051 Ancient History
D History (General)
D111 Medieval History
D901 Europe (General)
DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
DF Greece
DJK Eastern Europe (General)
DR Balkan Peninsula
DS Asia
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
D History General and Old World
description This fascinating book explores the evolution of religious dualism, the doctrine that man and cosmos are constant battlegrounds between forces of good and evil. It traces this evolution from late Egyptian religion and the revelations of Zoroaster and the Orphics in antiquity through the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Mithraic Mysteries, and the great Gnostic teachers to its revival in medieval Europe with the suppression of the Bogomils and the Cathars, heirs to the age-long teachings of dualism. Integrating political, cultural, and religious history, Yuri Stoyanov illuminates the dualist religious systems, recreating in vivid detail the diverse worlds of their striking ideas and beliefs, their convoluted mythologies and symbolism.
format Authored Books
author Stoyanov, Yuri
author_facet Stoyanov, Yuri
authorStr Stoyanov, Yuri
author_letter Stoyanov, Yuri
title The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy
publisher Yale University Press
publishDate 2000
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/39777/

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