The Mind of Mithraists: Historical and Cognitive Studies in the Roman Cult of Mithras by Luther H. Martin
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The Mind of Mithraists: Historical and Cognitive Studies in the Roman Cult of Mithras by Luther H. Martin, published in 2015. Sections Include: Roman Mithraism and Christianity, Reflections on the Mithraic Tauroctony as Cult Scene, The Roman Cult of Mithras: A Cognitive Perspective, Ritual Competence and Mithraic Ritual, The Ecology of Threat Detection and Precautionary Response from the Perspectives of Evolutionary Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Historiography: The Case of the Roman Cults of Mithras, The Landscapes and Mindscape of the Roman Cult of Mithras, Cult Migration, Social Formation and Religious Identity in Graeco-Roman Antiquity: The Curious Case of Roman Mithraism, The Amor and Psyche Relief in the Mithraeum of Capua Vetere: An Exceptional Case of Graeco-Roman Syncretism or an Ordinary Isntance of Human Cognition?, The Surprising Absence of a Mithras Cult in Roman Egypt, etc. etc. Hardcover with only the very lightest shelfwear.