ZOROASTRIANISM: An Introduction- I.B.TAURIS Introductions to Religion By J. Rose

Description: ZOROASTRIANISM: An Introduction (I.B.TAURIS Introduction to Religion) By Jenny Rose.Published by I.B. Tauris London/New York: 303 pages. Zoroastrianism is one of the world's great ancientreligions. In present-day Iran, significant communities of Zoroastrians (whotake their name from the founder of the faith, the remarkable religious reformerZoroaster) still practise the rituals and teach the moral precepts that onceundergirded the officially state-sanctioned faith of the mighty Sasanianempire. Beyond Iran, the Zoroastrian disapora is significant especially inIndia, where the Gujurati-speaking community of exiles from post-Sasanian Irancall themselves 'Parsis'. But there are also significant Zoroastriancommunities to be found elsewhere, such as in the USA, Britain and Canada,where western cultural contexts have shaped the religion in intriguing ways anddirections. This new, thorough and wide-ranging introduction will appeal toanyone interested in discovering more about the faith that bequeathed thecontrasting words 'Magi' and 'magic', and whose adherents still live accordingto the code of 'Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds.' The central Zoroastrianconcept that human beings are continually faced with a choice between the pathof 'good' and 'evil', represented by the contrasting figures of Ahura Mazda andAhriman, inspired thinkers as diverse as Voltaire, Mozart and Nietzsche. JennyRose shows why Zoroastrianism remains one of the world's most inspiring andperennially fascinating systems of ethics and belief.

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