The Conceptualization of Religion and Incipient Secularity in Late Sasanian Iran: Burzōy and Paul the Persian's Parallel Departures from Tradition

This article examines the parallel conceptualizations of "religion" developed by two intellectuals of distinct backgrounds in late Sasanian Iran, Burzōy and Paul the Persian, and the broader climate of incipient "secularity" their ideas, and the convergence between them, may refl...

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Main Author: Benfey, Thomas ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2023
In: History of religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Issue: 4, Pages: 340-372
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Paul the Persian ca. 6. Jh. / Burzōe ca. 6. Jh. / Iran (Antiquity) / Religion / Secularism / Zoroastrianism / Christianity
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BC Ancient Orient; religion
CA Christianity
KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages
KBL Near East and North Africa
TF Early Middle Ages
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