New Light on Manichaeism: Papers from the Sixth International Congress on Manichaeism, Organized by the International Association of Manichaean StudiesJason BeDuhn BRILL, 2009 - 284 pagina's New Light on Manichaeism provides the latest discoveries and insights into the Manichaean religion throughout its more than one thousand year history, ranging from glimpses into the life and thought of Mani himself, to developments in doctrine and practice in the religion's North African, Iranian, Central Asian, and Chinese settings. The volume includes contributions from the leading scholars in the field, offering new reconstructions of Manichaean literary and artistic productions, and innovative analyses of the religious, social, and political dynamics that shaped the rise and fall of this world religion. |
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Scepticism in the Doctrinally Liberal Manichaeism of Faustus and Augustine Jason David BeDuhn | 1 |
An Analysis of Its Sources and Its Signifi cance for Manichaean Studies Byard Bennett | 29 |
The purification that was spoken about is that which comes through gnosis CMC 84 912 Luigi Cirillo | 45 |
The Uygur Khan of the Bokug Clan Larry Clark | 61 |
Laymen between Religious and Secular Duties Iris Colditz | 73 |
Characteristics of Manichaeism in Roman Africa J Kevin Coyle | 101 |
Manis Account of Other Religions According to the Coptic Synaxeis Codex WolfPeter Funk | 115 |
How We Know the Exact Year the Archegos Left Baghdad Cyril Glassé | 129 |
The Manichaean Church between Earth and Paradise Claudia Leurini | 169 |
Medieval Manichaean and Nestorian Remains in the Zayton Quanzhou of Marco Polo Samuel N C Lieu | 181 |
Pure Land Elements in the Chinese Manichaean Eulogy of the Lightworld Gunner Mikkelsen | 201 |
The Beginning of Manis Psalm Wuzurgän Afrïwan in Parthian and Middle Persian Enrico Morano | 213 |
A Sogdian Version of Manis Letter of the Seal Christiane Reck | 225 |
Snatches of the Middle Iranian Tale of the Five Brothers Christiane Reck | 241 |
A Manichaean Collection of Letters and a List of Manis Letters in Middle Persian Werner Sundermann | 259 |
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