Neither Zarathushtra nor Pope: Zoroastrianism as a Front for the Anglican Church’s Attacks on Catholicism
This paper scrutinizes how three seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century authors associated with the Anglican Church - Henry Lord, Thomas Hyde, and Humphrey Prideaux - inserted their understanding of the teachings of Zoroaster and the religion of the Parsis into the argumentative arsenal they regu...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2023
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Entangled Religions
Jahr: 2023, Band: 11, Heft: 4 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Lord, Henry ca. 1563-?
/ Hyde, Thomas 1636-1703
/ Prideaux, Humphrey 1648-1724
/ Church of England
/ Parsismus
/ Antikatholizismus
/ Polemik
/ Geschichte 1630-1730
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Interreligiöse Beziehungen BC Altorientalische Religionen CC Christentum und nichtchristliche Religionen; interreligiöse Beziehungen KAH Kirchengeschichte 1648-1913; Neuzeit KBF Britische Inseln KBM Asien KDB Katholische Kirche KDE Anglikanische Kirche |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Anglican Authors
B Colonialism B Zoroastrianism B Anti-Catholic Polemics |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This paper scrutinizes how three seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century authors associated with the Anglican Church - Henry Lord, Thomas Hyde, and Humphrey Prideaux - inserted their understanding of the teachings of Zoroaster and the religion of the Parsis into the argumentative arsenal they regularly employed against what they perceived as the rigidity, excessive ritualization, and incomprehensible language found in contemporary Roman Catholic practices. These authors are tied to and reflect the consolidation of the Anglican Church and British colonial expansion. The two processes not only overlapped for a considerable period, but were also entangled, indirectly leading to an increase in scholarly knowledge about different cultures and religious communities, while in the long term also providing discursive ammunition against the Catholic Church and the Pope. This enquiry seeks to contribute towards a better understanding of an often-neglected middle ground between inter- and intra-religious debates, on one hand, and missionary activity, on the other. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.46586/er.11.2023.10810 |