عنوان

Dissimulation or Assimilation? The Case of the Mandæans

شماره

LA122772

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Dissimulation or Assimilation? The Case of the Mandæans

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Charles G. Häberl

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

One of the smallest ethno-religious groups native to Iraq and Iran, the Mandæans can claim to be one of the region's longest surviving traditions as the last remaining Gnostic religion from Late Antiquity. Their survival is as puzzling as it is remarkable. According to their own traditions, they have always lived in close proximity to members of other faiths, never composing more than a small fraction of the population, and were always subject to the rule of others. Perhaps for this reason, the Mandæans have often presented their faith to outsiders in a manner that emphasizes common practices and shared beliefs, while still establishing barriers to full assimilation. While this strategy may have sustained the Mandæans as a community over the centuries, it has also repeatedly failed to protect them in times of intense sectarian conflict and is beginning to break down as Mandæans increasingly spread throughout the world. One of the smallest ethno-religious groups native to Iraq and Iran, the Mandæans can claim to be one of the region's longest surviving traditions as the last remaining Gnostic religion from Late Antiquity. Their survival is as puzzling as it is remarkable. According to their own traditions, they have always lived in close proximity to members of other faiths, never composing more than a small fraction of the population, and were always subject to the rule of others. Perhaps for this reason, the Mandæans have often presented their faith to outsiders in a manner that emphasizes common practices and shared beliefs, while still establishing barriers to full assimilation. While this strategy may have sustained the Mandæans as a community over the centuries, it has also repeatedly failed to protect them in times of intense sectarian conflict and is beginning to break down as Mandæans increasingly spread throughout the world.

تاريخ نشر

2013

توصيف ظاهري

586-615

عنوان

Numen

شماره جلد

60/5-6

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5276

اصطلاح موضوعی

Christianity

اصطلاح موضوعی

dissimulation

اصطلاح موضوعی

Gnosticism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Islam

اصطلاح موضوعی

Mandæism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Zoroastrianism

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Charles G. Häberl

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15685276-12341295

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y