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The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire

Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun

by (author) Roger Beck

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2007
Category
Rome
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780199216130
    Publish Date
    Mar 2007
    List Price
    $84.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780198140894
    Publish Date
    Feb 2006
    List Price
    $337.50

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A study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults' popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity. Roger Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic system in thought, word, ritual action, and cult life. He employs the methods of anthropology of religion and the new cognitive science of religion to explore in detail the semiotics of the Mysteries' astral symbolism, which has been the principal subject of his many previous publications on the cult.

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Contributor Notes

Roger Beck is Professor Emeritus, at the University of Toronto.