Author: Michel Tardieu
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252032780
Category : Manichaeism
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Good and evil, light and darkness; for the first time in English, a potent survey of Manichaeism
Manichaeism
Author: Michel Tardieu
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252032780
Category : Manichaeism
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Good and evil, light and darkness; for the first time in English, a potent survey of Manichaeism
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252032780
Category : Manichaeism
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Good and evil, light and darkness; for the first time in English, a potent survey of Manichaeism
The Founder of Manichaeism
Author: Iain Gardner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499074
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
A new critical look at Mani's life to establish a proper historical foundation for the study of this fascinating thinker.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499074
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
A new critical look at Mani's life to establish a proper historical foundation for the study of this fascinating thinker.
Manichaeism
Author: Nicholas J. Baker-Brian
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567110419
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
This is the first general comprehensive introduction to Manichaeism aimed at a non-specialist and undergraduate readership. This study will be a historical and theological introduction to Manichaeism. It will comprise a biographical treatment of the founder Mani, situating his personality, his writings and his ideas within the Aramaic Christian tradition of third century (CE) Mesopotamia. It will provide a historical treatment of the Manichaean church in late antiquity (250-700 CE), detailing the emergence of Manichaeism in the late Roman and Byzantine empires, in addition to examining the continuation of Manichaean traditions in the eastern world (China) up to the thirteenth century and beyond. The book will consider the theology of Mani's system, with the aim of providing a clear-eyed treatment of the cosmogonic, scriptural and ecclesiological ideas forming its foundations. The study will base its analysis on original Manichaean literary sources, together with rehabilitating the representation of Manichaeism in those writings that polemicised against the religion. The study will aim to demonstrate the highly syncretic nature of Manichaeism, and will look to move forward 'traditional' perceptions of the religion as being simply a form of Christian Gnostic Dualism.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567110419
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
This is the first general comprehensive introduction to Manichaeism aimed at a non-specialist and undergraduate readership. This study will be a historical and theological introduction to Manichaeism. It will comprise a biographical treatment of the founder Mani, situating his personality, his writings and his ideas within the Aramaic Christian tradition of third century (CE) Mesopotamia. It will provide a historical treatment of the Manichaean church in late antiquity (250-700 CE), detailing the emergence of Manichaeism in the late Roman and Byzantine empires, in addition to examining the continuation of Manichaean traditions in the eastern world (China) up to the thirteenth century and beyond. The book will consider the theology of Mani's system, with the aim of providing a clear-eyed treatment of the cosmogonic, scriptural and ecclesiological ideas forming its foundations. The study will base its analysis on original Manichaean literary sources, together with rehabilitating the representation of Manichaeism in those writings that polemicised against the religion. The study will aim to demonstrate the highly syncretic nature of Manichaeism, and will look to move forward 'traditional' perceptions of the religion as being simply a form of Christian Gnostic Dualism.
Manichaeism East and West
Author: Samuel N. C. Lieu
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN: 9782503574578
Category : Manichaeism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This new volume brings the research on many aspects of the texts published in the Corpus up to date and signals new texts to appear in the Corpus. It includes important studies on the scientific dating of the Medinet Madi, codices as well as the newly discovered Manichaean texts in Chinese and Parthian from Xiapu in South China.
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN: 9782503574578
Category : Manichaeism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This new volume brings the research on many aspects of the texts published in the Corpus up to date and signals new texts to appear in the Corpus. It includes important studies on the scientific dating of the Medinet Madi, codices as well as the newly discovered Manichaean texts in Chinese and Parthian from Xiapu in South China.
New Light on Manichaeism
Author: Jason BeDuhn
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047426320
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
New Light on Manichaeism provides the latest discoveries and insights into the Manichaean religion throughout its more than one thousand year history, ranging from glimpses into the life and thought of Mani himself, to developments in doctrine and practice in the religion's North African, Iranian, Central Asian, and Chinese settings. The volume includes contributions from the leading scholars in the field, offering new reconstructions of Manichaean literary and artistic productions, and innovative analyses of the religious, social, and political dynamics that shaped the rise and fall of this world religion.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047426320
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
New Light on Manichaeism provides the latest discoveries and insights into the Manichaean religion throughout its more than one thousand year history, ranging from glimpses into the life and thought of Mani himself, to developments in doctrine and practice in the religion's North African, Iranian, Central Asian, and Chinese settings. The volume includes contributions from the leading scholars in the field, offering new reconstructions of Manichaean literary and artistic productions, and innovative analyses of the religious, social, and political dynamics that shaped the rise and fall of this world religion.
Prolegomena to a History of Islamicate Manichaeism
Author: John C. Reeves
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
ISBN: 9781781790380
Category : Manichaeism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Prolegomena to a History of Islamicate Manichaeism provides an annotated anthology of primary sources highlighting Manichaeism, a dualist religion emerging in Mesopotamia in the third century and which spread rapidly throughout the Roman and Sasanian empires until it was violently suppressed by both polities.
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
ISBN: 9781781790380
Category : Manichaeism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Prolegomena to a History of Islamicate Manichaeism provides an annotated anthology of primary sources highlighting Manichaeism, a dualist religion emerging in Mesopotamia in the third century and which spread rapidly throughout the Roman and Sasanian empires until it was violently suppressed by both polities.
Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire
Author: Iain Gardner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521568227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
This 2004 book is a single-volume collection of sources for Manichaeism, a world religion founded by Mani, the Syrian visionary.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521568227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
This 2004 book is a single-volume collection of sources for Manichaeism, a world religion founded by Mani, the Syrian visionary.
The Manichaean Body
Author: Jason David BeDuhn
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801871078
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Award for the Best First Book in the History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion Reconstructing Manichaeism from scraps of ancient texts and the ungenerous polemic of its enemies (such as the ex-Manichaean Augustine of Hippo), BeDuhn reveals for the first time the religion as it was actually practiced. He describes the Manichaeans' daily ritual meal, their stringent disciplinary codes (intended to prevent humans from harming plants and animals), and their secretive religious procedures designed to transform the cosmos and bring about the salvation of all living beings. Overturning long-held assumptions about Manichaean dualism, asceticism, spirituality, and the pursuit of salvation, The Manichaean Body changes completely how we look at this ancient religion and the environment in which Christianity arose. BeDuhn's conclusions revolutionize our understanding of the Manichaeans, clearly distinguishing them from Gnostics and other early Christian heretics and revealing them to be practitioners of a unique world religion.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801871078
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Award for the Best First Book in the History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion Reconstructing Manichaeism from scraps of ancient texts and the ungenerous polemic of its enemies (such as the ex-Manichaean Augustine of Hippo), BeDuhn reveals for the first time the religion as it was actually practiced. He describes the Manichaeans' daily ritual meal, their stringent disciplinary codes (intended to prevent humans from harming plants and animals), and their secretive religious procedures designed to transform the cosmos and bring about the salvation of all living beings. Overturning long-held assumptions about Manichaean dualism, asceticism, spirituality, and the pursuit of salvation, The Manichaean Body changes completely how we look at this ancient religion and the environment in which Christianity arose. BeDuhn's conclusions revolutionize our understanding of the Manichaeans, clearly distinguishing them from Gnostics and other early Christian heretics and revealing them to be practitioners of a unique world religion.
Manichaeism in Central Asia and China
Author: Samuel Lieu
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004439838
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The discovery of genuine Manichaean texts from sites like Turfan and Tun-huang since the beginning of the century has greatly increased our knowledge of the teaching of Manichaeism and of its amazing geographical spread in pre-Islamic times. This volume brings together the contributions by a leading authority on the subject including a long survey article on the history of the discovery of the texts from Central Asia as well as articles focusing on some of these texts and on the incredible history of adaptation and survival of the sect in China proper. The studies include many Chinese texts on Manichaeism made available for the first time in their original scripts and in translation. The volume also contains the first ever working catalogue of all Manichaean texts (in western as well as oriental languages) published up to 1997.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004439838
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The discovery of genuine Manichaean texts from sites like Turfan and Tun-huang since the beginning of the century has greatly increased our knowledge of the teaching of Manichaeism and of its amazing geographical spread in pre-Islamic times. This volume brings together the contributions by a leading authority on the subject including a long survey article on the history of the discovery of the texts from Central Asia as well as articles focusing on some of these texts and on the incredible history of adaptation and survival of the sect in China proper. The studies include many Chinese texts on Manichaeism made available for the first time in their original scripts and in translation. The volume also contains the first ever working catalogue of all Manichaean texts (in western as well as oriental languages) published up to 1997.
Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West
Author: International Association of Manichaean Studies. International Symposium
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004114234
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This volume brings together the selected papers of the Fribourg-Utrecht symposium "Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West," organized on behalf of the "International Association of Manichaean Studies." It contains a considerable number of contributions by leading authorities on the subject, focussing on both the diffusion of Mani s religion in the Latin West and its substantial impact upon St. Augustine.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004114234
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This volume brings together the selected papers of the Fribourg-Utrecht symposium "Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West," organized on behalf of the "International Association of Manichaean Studies." It contains a considerable number of contributions by leading authorities on the subject, focussing on both the diffusion of Mani s religion in the Latin West and its substantial impact upon St. Augustine.