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294 words, approx. 1 pages Zoroastrianism (or Mazdaism) was born of a set of reforms attributed to the prophet Zarathushtra (in Greek, Zoroaster; traditional dates 628–551 BCE). A new ritual system gradually developed, revolving around a sacred fire, with a theology that... summary from source:
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18,559 words, approx. 62 pages ZOROASTRIANISM. Zoroastrianism, known to its followers as the Zarathushti din (Zoroastrian religion), developed from the words, ideas, beliefs, and rituals attributed to a devotional poet named Zarathushtra (later Middle Persian or Pahlavi: Zardukhsht,... summary from source:
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10,525 words, approx. 35 pagesZoroastrianism FOUNDED: Second millennium B.C.E. RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 0.0023 percent Overview Zoroastrianism, established at least 3,000 years ago, is the religion of pre-Islamic Iran. It survives in Iran (where followers are... summary from source:
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2,099 words, approx. 7 pagesZoroastrianism "Zoroastrianism," for more than a thousand years the dominant religion of Persia, is founded on the teachings of the prophet Zarathustra. (Zoroaster is an often used version of his name, and from it the name of the religion... summary from source:
 
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 The Journal of the American Oriental Society Zoroastrians in Britain.(Review)
01/01/1999: 521 words, approx. 2 pages By JOHN R. HINNELLS. Oxford: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1996. Pp. xiv + 336. $70. In a series of publications dating back to 1978 Professor Hinnells has studied various aspects of the history of Zoroastrianism and Zoroastrians in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,... summary from source:
Philosophy East and West The encounter of Zoroastrianism with Islam.
04/01/2002: 7,126 words, approx. 24 pages Among the many stories of encounters between different cultures the meeting of Zoroastrianism and Islam may be one of the most dramatic. After many centuries in which it was the dominant religion of the ancient Iranian states and after having achieved the status... summary from source:
 AP News An old religion says no to billboards
6/12/2007: 448 words, approx. 2 pagesSome might see the towering billboards that rise out of a centuries-old Mumbai funeral ground as a message from beyond the grave.But the signs _ which exhort motorists to "Rev up your night life" by buying a popular car _ have bitterly divided the city's... summary from source:
The New York Observer In New \'d4Quality TV,\'d5 Dark Is New Light: CSI-ing of America
1/21/2007: 1,783 words, approx. 6 pagesDid you realize that, according to the BBC, CSI: Miami—the one starring David Caruso—is the world’s most popular TV series? It features on more Top 10 ratings lists in more countries than any other show. This seems to me a phenomenon worth investigating. Especially since...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Cyrus R. Pangborn
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In the following essay, Pangborn analyzes the development of Zoroastrianism from the qualified monotheism of Zoroaster's Gathas, through the ritual polytheism of the Later Avesta, to the controversy between the purist reform movement and the orthodoxy of modern Zoroastrianism.
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