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100 1 $aFoltz, Richard,$d1961-
245 10 $aSpirituality in the land of the noble :$bhow Iran shaped the World's religions /$cRichard C. Foltz.
260 $aOxford :$bOneworld,$cc2004.
300 $axix, 204 p. :$bmap ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-195) and index.
505 0 $aThe Origins of Iranian Religion -- Iran and Iranianness -- Indo-Europeans and the search for origins -- Features of old Iranian religion -- Zoroastrianism -- In search of Zoroaster -- Zoroaster's reform -- Zoroastrian practice -- Religion under the Achaemenids -- Mithraism in the Roman world -- The Sasanian state religion -- The Islamization of Iran and Zoroastrian response -- Zoroastrianism in India -- Zoroastrians in modern Iran -- Zoroastrianism's contributions to other religions -- Judaism -- The beginnings of diaspora -- The influence of Iranian ideas -- The influence of Hellenism -- The rabbinic period -- The coming of Islam -- Radical Jewish resistance movements -- Iranian Jews in the Mongol period -- The Safavid period -- Buddhism -- Buddhism in eastern Iran -- Iranian influences in Buddhism -- The disappearance of Iranian Buddhism -- Christianity -- The establishment of an Iranian church -- Iranian Christian polemics against other religions -- Iranian Christians under Muslim rule -- Armenian Christians in Iran -- European Christian missions -- Gnostic Traditions -- Mandaeism -- Manichaeism -- Later esoteric movements -- Islam -- From "the religion of the Arabs" to universal faith system -- The Iranian role in shaping Islamic civilization -- Isma`ili Shi`ism in Iran -- Sufism in Iran -- Twelver Shi`ism in Iran -- Popular Shi`ite religiosity -- The Persian garden as metaphor for paradise -- The Babi Movement and the Baha'i Faith -- The Babi movement -- Babi beliefs -- The emergence of the Baha'i faith -- Baha'u'llah's teachings -- The Baha'i community in Iran and beyond -- Religions in Iran Today -- Religious thought in an Islamic state -- Religious minorities under the Islamic Republic.
650 0 $aSpirituality$zIran.
651 0 $aIran$xReligion.
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