How Long to Read Religion, Empire, and Torture

How Long Does it Take to Read Religion, Empire, and Torture?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read Religion, Empire, and Torture by Bruce Lincoln

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

How does religion stimulate and feed imperial ambitions and violence? Recently this question has acquired new urgency, and in Religion, Empire, and Torture, Bruce Lincoln approaches the problem via a classic but little-studied case: Achaemenian Persia. Lincoln 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. Beyond this, he asks, how did the Achaemenians understand their place in the cosmos and their moral status in relation to others? Why did they feel called to intervene in the struggle between good and evil? What was their sense of historic purpose, especially their desire to restore paradise lost? And how did this lead them to deal with enemies and critics as imperial power ran its course? Lincoln shows how these religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice and brought the Persians unprecedented wealth, power, and territory, but also produced unmanageable contradictions, as in a gruesome case of torture discussed in the book’s final chapter. Close study of that episode leads Lincoln back to the present with a postscript that provides a searing and utterly novel perspective on the photographs from Abu Ghraib.

How long is Religion, Empire, and Torture?

Religion, Empire, and Torture by Bruce Lincoln is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Religion, Empire, and Torture Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Religion, Empire, and Torture aloud.

What Reading Level is Religion, Empire, and Torture?

Religion, Empire, and Torture is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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