Manichaeism East and West

Manichaeism East and West PDF Author: Samuel N. C. Lieu
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN: 9782503574578
Category : Manichaeism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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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.

Manichaeism East and West

Manichaeism East and West PDF Author: Samuel N. C. Lieu
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN: 9782503574578
Category : Manichaeism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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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.

Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire

Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire PDF Author: Iain Gardner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521568227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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Book Description
This 2004 book is a single-volume collection of sources for Manichaeism, a world religion founded by Mani, the Syrian visionary.

Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West

Augustine and Manichaeism in the Latin West PDF Author: International Association of Manichaean Studies. International Symposium
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004114234
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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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.

The Manichaean Body

The Manichaean Body PDF Author: Jason David BeDuhn
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801871078
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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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.

Women in Western and Eastern Manichaeism

Women in Western and Eastern Manichaeism PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004472223
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Book Description
These papers examine the unique place women held in Manichaeism, both in myth and in everyday life – in marked difference with other religions. The reader is invited to a journey from 4th century Roman Empire and Iran to Central Asia and China

The Founder of Manichaeism

The Founder of Manichaeism PDF Author: Iain Gardner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499074
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 145

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Book Description
A new critical look at Mani's life to establish a proper historical foundation for the study of this fascinating thinker.

Medieval Christian and Manichaean Remains from Quanzhou (Zayton)

Medieval Christian and Manichaean Remains from Quanzhou (Zayton) PDF Author: Samuel N. C. Lieu
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN: 9782503521978
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Better known to western medieval travelers as Zayton, Quanzhou in Fujian was China's main port and also the terminus of the Maritime Silk Road. The city was home to a cosmopolitan population especially when China was under Mongol rule (ca. 1280-1368 CE). Italian visitors to and inhabitants of the city included Marco Polo, Odoric of Pordenone and Andrew of Perugia. The city had a significant Christian population, both Catholic and Church of the East (Nestorian), and the nearby town of Jinjiang has to this day in its neighbourhood a Manichaean shrine housing a unique statue of Mani as the Buddha of Light. These religious communities left a wealth of art on stone which first came to light in Mid-Twentieth Century but is still very little known and studied outside China. This volume containing over 200 illustrations (many in full colour) is the work of a team of scholars from Australian universities in collaboration with the major museums in Quanzhou and Jinjiang and is the first major work on this unique material in a western language. The book will be of great interest not only to scholars of Manichaeism and of the Church of the East but also to scholars of East-West contacts under the Mongols.

Manichaeism in Central Asia and China

Manichaeism in Central Asia and China PDF Author: Samuel Lieu
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004439838
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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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.

Manichaeism and Its Legacy

Manichaeism and Its Legacy PDF Author: J. Kevin Coyle
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047429184
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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Book Description
This volume reproduces nineteen chapters and articles published between 1991 through 2008, on Manichaeism, and its contacts with Augustine of Hippo, its most famous convert and also best-known adversary. The contents are divided into four parts: perceptions of Mani within the Roman Empire, select aspects of Manichaean thought, women in Manichaeism, and Manichaeism and Augustine. Though these chapters and articles reproduce their originals, adjustments have been made to include cross-referencing, newer editions, and the like, all with the aim of rendering them more accessible to a new readership among those who follow the fortunes of Mani’s religion in the Roman Empire and/or the “Manichaean” aspects of Augustine of Hippo.

Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East

Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East PDF Author: Samuel N. C. Lieu
Publisher: Brill
ISBN:
Category : Iraq
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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Book Description
It is hoped that a second collection will contain the author's studies on Manichaeism in Central Asia and China.