Title

The Defensibility of Zoroastrian Dualism

Department/School

Philosophy

Date

2010

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412509990357

Abstract

Contemporary philosophical discussion of religion neglects dualistic religions: although Manichaeism from time to time is accorded mention, Zoroastrianism, a more plausible form of religious dualism, is almost entirely ignored. We seek to change this state of affairs. To this end we (1) present the basic tenets of Zoroastrian dualism, (2) argue that objections to the Zoroastrian conception of God are less strong than typically imagined, (3) argue that objections to the Zoroastrian conception of the devil (and evil) are less strong than typically imagined, and (4) offer some brief concluding thoughts.

Volume

46

Issue

2

Published in

Religious Studies

Citation/Other Information

Kronen, John D., and Sandra L. Menssen. "The Defensibility of Zoroastrian Dualism." Religious Studies 46, no. 2 (2010): 185-205. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412509990357

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