The Zoroastrian flame : exploring religion, history and tradition / edited by Alan Williams, Sarah Stewart & Almut Hintze.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hintze, Almut, editor.

Stewart, Sarah (Sarah Rosemary Anne), editor.

Williams, Alan, 1953- editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Library of modern religion ; 51.

Library of modern religion ; 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zoroastrianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2016.

Summary:

"Zoroastrianism has always commanded interest way beyond the circles of its actual adherents. Its unbroken history and distinctive beliefs span three millennia, making it one of the world's most venerable faiths - and also a tradition whose ideas have found favour elsewhere. The Three Magi of the New Testament most probably were Zoroastrian priests from the Iranian world; while the enigmatic figure of Zarathushtra (or Zoroaster) himself has exerted continual fascination in the West, influencing the thought of creative artists as diverse as Voltaire, Nietzsche, Yeats and Mozart (whose opera The Magic Flute re-imagines Zoroaster as Sarastro). For many centuries, from the birth of the religion late in the second millennium BC to its later adoption in the third century AD as the state religion of the Sasanian empire, Zoroastrianism - enjoying imperial patronage - profoundly shaped the culture not just of Persia but the whole antique world. For much of its history since the Islamic conquest it has endured as a minority religion, representing a direct link back to the powerful Achaemenids and the ruling Persian dynasties that followed them. The remarkable Zoroastrian story began another chapter in India when, after partial exodus from Iran, the émigré community since the early ninth century has enjoyed religious freedom and in the modern period great economic success. Like many religious communities, Zoroastrians now have a diaspora spread all over the globe."--Front jacket flap.

Contents:

5 Continuity, Controversy and Change: A Study of the Ritual Practice of the Bhagaria Priests of Navsari Dastur Firoze M. Kotwal6 Between Astral Cosmology and Astrology: The Mazdean Cycle of 12,000 Years and the Final Renovation of the World Antonio Panaino; 7 Refashioning the Zoroastrian Past: From Alexander to Islam Touraj Daryaee; Part III Tradition and Culture; 8 On the Image of Zarathustra James R. Russell; 9 Ancient Iranian Motifs and Zoroastrian Iconography Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis

15 Riding the (Revolutionary) Waves between Two Worlds: Parsi Involvement in the Transition from Old to New Jenny Rose16 Co-opting the Prophet: The Politics of Kurdish and Tajik Claims to Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism Richard Foltz; 17 Collision, Conflict and Accommodation: A Question of Survival and the Preservation of the Parsi Zoroastrian Identity Khojeste P. Mistree; 18 Ideas of Self-Definition among Zoroastrians in Post-Revolutionary Iran Sarah Stewart; Plates

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781350989436

1350989436

9780857728159

0857728156

9780857728869

0857728865

OCLC:

952571774