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Living Zoroastrianism
Urban Parsis Speak about their Religion
This text describes the realities of modern Parsi religion through 30 interviews in which urban Parsis belonging to different social milieus and religious schools of thought discuss various aspects of their religious lives. Zoroastrianism, the faith founded by the Iranian prophet Zarathustra,...
Published March 22nd 2001 by Routledge
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The Kurds
A Contemporary Overview
Series: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East
The position of the 19 million Kurds is an extremely complex one. Their territory is divided between 5 sovereign states, none of which have a Kurdish majority. They speak widely divergent dialects, and are also divided by religious affiliations and social factors. It has taken the tragic and...
Published November 6th 1991 by Routledge