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Title |
Title of document |
Priesthood, Rituals and Ritual Infrastructures - Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Michael Stausberg; University of Bergen; Norway |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Religious traditions |
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Keyword(s) |
zoroastrianism; religious practice; history; Zarathustra |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
BL1-50 Religion (General); BL660-2680 History and principles of religions |
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Description |
Abstract |
Most rulers of the Pre-Islamic Iranian kingdoms professed their allegiance to Ahura Mazdā and other deities of the Zoroastrian pantheon. However, the interrelationships between “state” and “religious” institutions in Pre-Islamic Iranian history varied according to period and region. In at least some periods, the same persons could perform “judicial” and “religious” tasks. Many rulers may have undertaken religious commitments and investments out of genuine conviction, others out of mere convention. Such investments included, for example, the funding and sponsoring of temples, fires or other constructions, and the performance of various rituals by priests; on the other hand, the “religiosity” of the kings was probably an important source for their recognition as legitimate (generally accepted) rulers. “Religion” provides a kind of symbolic capital which can be used for the achievement of various interests. |
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Publisher |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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01-Oct-2008 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
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PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/19018 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.19018 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |