The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun

This volume is 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.


Author: Roger Beck
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/09/2006
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.42w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780198140894

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2006 pg. 661

About the Author

Roger Beck is Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.

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