How did Christianity make its remarkable voyage from the Roman Mediterranean to the
Indian subcontinent? By examining the social networks that connected the ancient and late …

To my mother, my loved lady, very precious to me, the beloved of my heart: The one whose
memory and worthy motherhood are sealed in my heart every hour; the one whose …

In accordance with his hardly paralleled mastering of virtually all the religious and literary
traditions of the ancient Near and Middle East, in particular ancient Iran, which let his …

Understanding the Oasis context of the finds is a key precondition for understanding the
villagers themselves, and so we need to start by looking at the characteristics and conditions …

In the sixth century BCE, the largest empire in the world at the time, the Persian Empire,
adopted a monotheistic religion that was based on the teachings of a prophet named …

In my prior scholarship, I examined the social pathways and connected bodies that brought
Christianity from the Roman Mediterranean to India. In this article, I focus in particular on …

The religion of Manichaeism emerged from third-century Persian Mesopotamia from the self
styled prophet and apostle of Christ, Mani. Through missionary endeavours, Manichaeism …

India's pivotal role as the linchpin of the ancient world economy, connecting the otherwise
disparate economies of the Mediterranean and East Asia, was played out through the …

Within the white supremacist imaginary has emerged a highly sensationalized figure: the"
homophobic Muslim." Islam's proximity to Blackness fosters the Islamophobic ascription of …

This chapter investigates the close relationship between Mani, Manichaeism, and empire in
Late Antiquity; in particular it examines the dialogue between the legitimizing language of …