Reflections on My Studies of the Roman Cults of Mithras for the Historical and Comparative Study of Religions
I have spent a number of years focusing my research on the Roman Cults of Mithras. In this autobiographical reflection on that study, I consider the relationship between research on a specific, if perhaps obscure, religious tradition and methodological and theoretical issues in historical and compar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 31, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 457-475 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Comparative religion
/ Mithraism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
| Further subjects: | B
Historiography
B Methodology B Roman cults of Mithras B Comparison B Theory B cognitive science of religion |
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| Summary: | I have spent a number of years focusing my research on the Roman Cults of Mithras. In this autobiographical reflection on that study, I consider the relationship between research on a specific, if perhaps obscure, religious tradition and methodological and theoretical issues in historical and comparative studies of religion generally. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341452 |