The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun by Beck, Roger

The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199216130)

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The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun by Beck, Roger

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

$86.00
The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun by Beck, Roger

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

$86.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Roger Beck
ISBN-10: 0199216134
ISBN-13: 9780199216130
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/17/2007
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 6.26h x 9.17w x 0.66d
By Roger Beck
By Roger Beck
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Roger Beck is Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.

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