Religion, Empire, and Torture - The Case of Achaemenian Persia, With a Postscript on Abu Ghraib

Identifying the 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, the author shows how these religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice and brought the Persians unprecedented wealth, power, and territory, and more. Zusammenfassung Identifying the 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! the author shows how these religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice and brought the Persians unprecedented wealth! power! and territory! and more.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Lincoln, Bruce Lincoln, Lincoln Bruce
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2014
• EAN: 9780226251875
• ISBN: 978-0-226-25187-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, HISTORY / Middle East / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Middle East, Religion & politics, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Religion and Politics, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Egypt