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

by Roger B. Beck

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198140894
• ISBN13: 9780198140894
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"