RELIGION / History

Paper · Semantic Scholar

This article examines the role of the museum as an active agent constructing ethnocultural identity in a globalizing world. It focuses on the Buddhist collection at the State Museum of the History of Religion, examined through the lens of the historical perspective of the museum practices development. Key aspects of the museum's interaction with visitors through the collection are explored, including the material re…

Reference · Wikidata

field of history concerned with the development of religion

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

The history of religion is the written record of human religious feelings, thoughts, and ideas. This period of religious history begins with the invention of writing about 5,200 years ago. The prehistory of religion involves the study of religious beliefs that existed prior to the advent of written records. One can also study comparative religious chronology through a timeline of religion, or the interrelationships …

Book · DOAB

Although Zoroastrians in the contemporary world are numerically few – estimated recently at less than 150,000 across the globe – their ancient Iranian ancestors ruled vast areas of the Near East for over a millennium. From the mid‑sixth century BCE to the mid‑seventh century CE, the historical contribution of the ‘Mazda-worshipping’ religion to the intellectual, cultural, and political development of the region was …

Full text · Open Library

Image · DPLA