As an important feature of the history of religious traditions, the history of Iranian religious beliefs and its influences are presented from pre-historic times to the advent of Islam. Included are Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Manicheism, and Mazdakism. Highlighted will be the trajectory of some universal concepts first introduced in Iranian religious thought and its genetic and historical relations with other major religions of the world. This lecture will be a good pre-cursor to the Arts of Asia Fall Series on Arts of the Islamic World. Dr. Mitra Ara is Professor and Founding Director of the Persian Studies Program at San Francisco State University.
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As an important feature of the history of religious traditions, the history of Iranian religious beliefs and its influences are presented from pre-historic times to the advent of Islam. Included are Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Manicheism, and Mazdakism. Highlighted will be the trajectory of some universal concepts first introduced in Iranian religious thought and its genetic and historical relations with other major religions of the world. This lecture will be a good pre-cursor to the Arts of Asia Fall Series on Arts of the Islamic World. Dr. Mitra Ara is Professor and Founding Director of the Persian Studies Program at San Francisco State University.
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