The Other God : Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy / Yuri Stoyanov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stoyanov, Yuri, Author.

Contributor:

Stoyanov, Yuri, 1961-

Series:

Yale Nota Bene

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian heresies--History.

Christian heresies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (491 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Reviews of an earlier edition:"A book of prime importance for anyone interested in the history of religious dualism. The author's knowledge of relevant original sources is remarkable; and he has distilled them into a convincing and very readable whole."-Sir Steven Runciman"The most fascinating historical detective story since Steven Runciman's Sicilian Vespers."-Colin Wilson"A splendid account of the decline of the dualist tradition in the East . . . both strong and accessible. . . . The most readable account of Balkan heresy ever."-Jeffrey B. Russell, Journal of Religion "Well-written, fact-filled, and fascinating . . . has in it the making of a classic."-Harry T. Norris, Bulletin of SOAS

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter one. The Bridge of the Separator

Chapter two. The Time of Mixture

Chapter three. The Thread of the Great Heresy

Chapter four. The Dualist Communion

Chapter five. The Crusade Against Dualism

Chapter six. Legends, Parables and ,Secret Myths'

Christ-Michael and Samael-Satan

The Good God, the God of Evil and the Divine Feminine

Bethlehem and Capernaum

Epilogue: The War of Labels

Abbreviations

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Related Work:

Stoyanov, Yuri, 1961- Hidden tradition in Europe.

ISBN:

9780300190144

030019014X

OCLC:

859834352