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This book is a thoroughly researched primer on the 108 Upanishads, philosophical treatises that form a part of the Vedas, the revered Hindu texts. These Upanishads contain the most crystallized bits of wisdom gleaned from Hinduism. Roshen Dalal explains the concepts at the core of each Upanishad...

Belief and Cult argues that belief isn't uniquely Christian but was central to ancient Roman religion. Drawing on cognitive theory, Jacob Mackey shows that despite having nothing to do with salvation or faith, belief underlay every aspect of Roman religious practices—emotions, individual and collective cult action, ritual norms, social reality, and social power. In doing so, he also offers a thorough argument for the importance of belief to other non-Christian religions.

The ancient Mediterranean teemed with gods. For centuries, a practical religious pluralism prevailed. How, then, did one particular god come to dominate the politics and piety of the late Roman Empire? In Ancient Christianities, Paula Fredriksen traces the evolution of early Christianity—or rather, of early Christianities—through five centuries of Empire, mapping its pathways from the hills of Judea to the halls of Rome and Constantinople.

Duemila anni di monoteismo ci hanno abituato a ritenere che Dio non possa essere se non unico, esclusivo, vero. Al contrario, il politeismo antico prevedeva la possibilità di far corrispondere fra loro dèi e dèe appartenenti a culture diverse (la greca Artemis alla romana Diana, l'egizia Isis alla greca Athena), ovvero di accogliere nel proprio pantheon divinità straniere. Questa disposizione all'apertura ha fatto sì che il mondo antico non abbia conosciuto quella violenza a carattere religioso che invece ha insanguinato, e spesso ancora insanguina, le culture monoteiste.

Pagans explores the rise of Christianity from a surprising and unique viewpoint: that of the people who witnessed their ways of life destroyed by what seemed then a powerful religious cult. These "pagans" were actually pious Greeks, Romans, Syrians, and Gauls, who observed the traditions of their ancestors. To these devout polytheists, Christians who worshiped only one deity were immoral atheists who believed that a splash of water on the deathbed could erase a lifetime of sin.

Cronología y dinastías del Antiguo Egipto, sus faraones más importantes, la figura del Faraón, el significado simbólico de sus cetros, coronas y otros atributos, los distintos sacerdotes del clero y su función, los cultos, el divino diario y los funerarios, el uso de heka o la magia, el recorrido por los nueve templos o los ritos iniciáticos de Isis, Horus y Osiris, forman el contenido de esta segunda entrega de La enseñanza sagrada del Antiguo Egipto con la misma intención didáctica de hacer accesible la profundidad del pensamiento filosófico y espiritual.

La función de la religión en la vida y la muerte, el concepto de maat o equilibrio, orden, justicia, verdad y ley, los neteru o mal llamados dioses. Los nueve cuerpos de luz que conforman el ser humano, la idea sobre el más allá y la segunda muerte y segundo nacimiento... estos son algunos de los conceptos fundamentales del pensamiento del antiguo Egipto y que son tratados en este primer volumen de la trilogía La enseñanza sagrada del antiguo Egipto de un modo conciso y didáctico que ayudará al lector a adentrarse en una religiosidad y una concepción de la vida y la muerte.

Ce cours de Mythologie est une réelle réussite de simplicité, de clarté et cependant sans infidélité. M. Géruzez aborde les origines de la Mythologie, ses symboles et détaillent chaque divinité selon son appartenance : Ciel - Terre - Enfers - Divinités allégoriques - Héros ou Demi-dieux. De Jupiter à Hercule en passant par Neptune, Bacchus mais aussi en abordant les Furies et les Danaïdes, cet ouvrage donne une instruction claire des croyances des Grecs et des Romains.