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Author:   Luther H. Martin (University of Vermont, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9781472584199

ISBN 10:   1472584198
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   20 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Roman Mithraism and Christianity 2. Reflections on the Mithraic Tauroctony as Cult Scene 3. The Roman Cult of Mithras: A Cognitive Perspective 4. Ritual Competence and Mithraic Ritual 5. The Ecology of Threat Detection and Precautionary Response from the Perspectives of Evolutionary Psychology and Historiography: The Case of the Roman Cults of Mithras 6. Landscape and Mindscape in the Roman Cult of Mithras 7. Cult Migration, Social Formation, and Religious Identity in Graeco-Roman Antiquity: The Curious Case of Roman Mithraism 8. The Amor and Psyche Relief in the Mithraeum of Capua Vetere: An Exceptional Case of the Graeco-Roman Syncretism or an Ordinary Instance of Human Cognition? 9. The (Surprising Absence of A) Mithras Cult in Egypt Bibliography Index

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An extensive study of the cult of Mithras during the tumultuous Graeco-Roman age that particularly proves how cognitive historiography of religion contributes insights into how and why specific representations of historical behaviors emerged, were favored and remembered, and not others that may have been historically, culturally or cognitively possible. Panayotis Pachis, Professor of Religious Studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

An extensive study of the cult of Mithras during the tumultuous Graeco-Roman age that particularly proves how cognitive historiography of religion contributes insights into how and why specific representations of historical behaviors emerged, were favored and remembered, and not others that may have been historically, culturally or cognitively possible. * Panayotis Pachis, Professor of Religious Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece * Luther H. Martin is a provocative thinker who has previously questioned many established truths about the Roman cult of Mithras. He is also a founding figure of cognitive historiography and an outspoken proponent of cognitive theorizing in the study of ancient religions. The prepared volume The Mind of Mithraists, covering many important and often neglected topics in the study of Mithraism, promises to be a book no scholar of ancient religions is allowed to ignore. * Ales Chalupa, Department Head, Department for the Study of Religions, Masaryk University, Czech Republic *

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Luther H. Martin is Professor of Religion Emeritus at the University of Vermont, USA.

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