History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity

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Mircea Eliade Willard R. Trask

History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2

From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity

Mircea Eliade, Willard R. Trask

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University of Chicago Press
01 January 1985

Religion & beliefs; Philosophy of religion; Spirituality & religious experience; History of ideas

In volume 2 of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues his magisterial progress through the history of religious ideas. The religions of ancient China, Brahmanism and Hinduism, Buddha and his contemporaries, Roman religion, Celtic and German religions, Judaism, the Hellenistic period, the Iranian syntheses, and the birth of Christianity—all are encompassed in this volume.

By: Mircea Eliade
Translated by: Willard R. Trask
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 879g
ISBN: 9780226204031
ISBN 10: 0226204030
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 01 January 1985
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) was the Sewell L. Avery Distinguished Service Professor at the Divinity School and professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. He was one of the most influential scholars of religion of the 20th century and one of the world's foremost interpreters of religious symbolism and myth. Eliade was the author of many works of scholarship and fiction, including A History of Religious Ideas and ten novels.