History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3
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History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3

From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms

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History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3

From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms

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This volume completes the immensely learned three-volume A History of Religious Ideas. Eliade examines the movement of Jewish thought out of ancient Eurasia, the Christian transformation of the Mediterranean area and Europe, and the rise and diffusion of Islam from approximately the sixth through the seventeenth centuries. Eliade's vast knowledge of past and present scholarship provides a synthesis that is unparalleled. In addition to reviewing recent interpretations of the individual traditions, he explores the interactions of the three religions and shows their continuing mutual influence to be subtle but unmistakable.

As in his previous work, Eliade pays particular attention to heresies, folk beliefs, and cults of secret wisdom, such as alchemy and sorcery, and continues the discussion, begun in earlier volumes, of pre-Christian shamanistic practices in northern Europe and the syncretistic tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. These subcultures, he maintains, are as important as the better-known orthodoxies to a full understanding of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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Index

Abbāsid dynasty, 83–84, 309
Abel, 39, 40
Abraham, 39, 74, 79, 307
Abû Bakr, 66, 72, 76, 80
Abû Lahab, 71
Abû Tâlib, 63, 71
Abû Yazîd Bistâmî. See Bistâmî
Abû’l Qâsim al-Junayd. See Junayd
Abulafia, Abraham, 168–69
Adam, 39, 120, 146, 171, 175, 177, 183, 198, 219, 307
Adam Kadmon, 170
Africa, 8, 11, 34, 148, 292
Ai, Ai Toyon, 16
Aïsha, 76, 80–81
Akiba, Rabbi, 152, 164
Alamût, 119–20, 316
Alaric, 39, 40
Albertus Magnus (Albert of Bollstadt), 136, 144, 330
Albigensians, 187, 329
alchemy, 84, 129, 150–51, §311, 321, 341–42
’Alî, 63, 66, 80–82, 113, 116–17, 119, 122, 309
Aliénor (Eleanor) of Aquitaine, 100–103, 187, 312
Altai, Altais, 1–2, 4, 5–6, 14–16, 30, 288
Ambrose of Milan, 41, 42, 43, 49, 53, 214
Ammonius Saccas, 43
Anabaptists, 246, 339
Anan ben David, 156
Andrae, Johann Valentin, 259, 261, 342
Andrew, Saint, 55, 234
Annales Carbacenses, 96
Anselm of Canterbury, 97, 193, 332
Anti-Christ, 87, 109
apocalyptic, 70, 153, 164, 266, 311
apocryphal texts, Christian: Adam and Eve, 183; Gospel of Nicodemus, 183; How Christ Became a Priest, 183; The Wood of the Cross, 183
apokatastasis, 44, 45
Aquinas, Saint Thomas, 59, 97, 192, §297, 242, 323, 324, 329, 330
Arabia, pre-Islamic, 63–65, 302–3
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 31. The Religions of Ancient Eurasia: Turko-Mongols, Finno-Ugrians, Balto-Slavs
  8. 32. The Christian Churches up to the Iconoclastic Crisis (Eighth to Ninth Centuries)
  9. 33. Muhammad and the Unfolding of Islam
  10. 34. Western Catholicism from Charlemagne to Joachim of Floris
  11. 35. Muslim Theologies and Mystical Traditions
  12. 36. Judaism from the Bar Kokhba Revolt to Hasidism
  13. 37. Religious Movements in Europe: From the Late Middle Ages to the Eve of the Reformation
  14. 38. Religion, Magic, and Hermetic Traditions before and after the Reformation
  15. 39. Tibetan Religions
  16. Notes
  17. List of Abbreviations
  18. Present Position of Studies: Problems and Progress. Critical Bibliographies
  19. Index