Cover art for History of Religious Ideas v. 2 From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity
Published
University Of Chicago Press, January 1985
ISBN
9780226204031
Format
Softcover, 576 pages
Dimensions
2.3cm × 1.5cm × 0.3cm

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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.

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