Author	Lincoln, Bruce
Title	Religion, empire, and torture [electronic resource] : the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib / Bruce Lincoln
Imprint	Chicago, [Ill.] ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2007
Connect to	http://chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226481913.001.0001/upso-9780226481968
Descript	1 online resource (xvii, 176 p.) : ill

How does religion stimulate and feed imperial ambitions and violence? This title identifies three core components of an imperial theology that have transhistorical and contemporary relevance: dualistic ethics, a theory of divine election, and a sense of salvific mission. It shows how the religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice

1. Achaemenid dynasty
2. 559-330 B.C
3. Religion and politics
4. Religion and politics -- Iran -- Case studies
5. Iran -- History -- To 640