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The Manichaean Body In Discipline and Ritual
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The Manichaean Body In Discipline and Ritual Paperback - 2002

by Jason David BeDuhn


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Award for the Best First Book in the History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion

Reconstructing Manichaeism from scraps of ancient texts and the ungenerous polemic of its enemies (such as the ex-Manichaean Augustine of Hippo), BeDuhn reveals for the first time the religion as it was actually practiced. He describes the Manichaeans' daily ritual meal, their stringent disciplinary codes (intended to prevent humans from harming plants and animals), and their secretive religious procedures designed to transform the cosmos and bring about the salvation of all living beings.

Overturning long-held assumptions about Manichaean dualism, asceticism, spirituality, and the pursuit of salvation, The Manichaean Body changes completely how we look at this ancient religion and the environment in which Christianity arose. BeDuhn's conclusions revolutionize our understanding of the Manichaeans, clearly distinguishing them from Gnostics and other early Christian heretics and revealing them to be practitioners of a unique world religion.

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How do we undertake the historical study of a dead religion?

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  • Title The Manichaean Body In Discipline and Ritual
  • Author Jason David BeDuhn
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition F First Paperbac
  • Pages 376
  • Publisher The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date July 16, 2002
  • ISBN 9780801871078

About the author

Jason David BeDuhn is an associate professor of religion at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of articles on Manichaeism and early Christianity, and he has coedited, with Paul Mirecki, two volumes of Manichaean studies: Emerging from Darkness: Studies in the Recovery of Manichaean Sources and The Light and the Darkness: Studies in Manichaeism and Its World.

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