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Approaches to Comparison in Medieval Studiesmedieval worlds 1 (2015)
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MedievalWorlds.Approaches to Comparison in Medieval Studies, pp. 86-105, 2015/06/30
medieval worlds 1 (2015)
Foundations for the salvation of the soul, as they are known from Christianity, are to be found for the first time in world history in Zoroastrianism. Though influenced by the spirit of ›Zoroaster‹, they can be proven to have existed for the first time in the age of the Sassanids. Doubtless they are a result of the revolutionary ›Axial Age‹, yet other religions of the Axial Age found other solutions for dealing with the discovery of the individual and the ethical responsibility for others (or: for empathy). This can be demonstrated via the teachings of Confucius in China.
Keywords: foundations; soul cult; funerary cult; Zoroastrianism; salvation of the soul; Axial Age; Zoroastrianism; Christianity; Confucianism; ethics; empathy; individualization