Luther H. Martin, The Mind of Mithraists: Historical and Cognitive Studies in the Roman Cult of Mithras (New York: Bloomsbury, 2015), ix +189 pp. ISBN: 9-781-47258-419-9. $112.00 hbk.

Authors

  • Leonardo Ambasciano Masaryk University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.33929

Keywords:

cognitive science, Mithras, Roman cult

Abstract

Luther H. Martin, The Mind of Mithraists: Historical and Cognitive Studies in the Roman Cult of Mithras (New York: Bloomsbury, 2015), ix +189 pp. ISBN: 9-781-47258-419-9. $112.00 hbk.

Author Biography

  • Leonardo Ambasciano, Masaryk University

    Leonardo Ambasciano is a lecturer at the Department for the Study of Religions, Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic). He earned his PhD in Historical Studies at the University of Turin (Italy) in 2014 with a cognitive and evolutionary analysis of the ancient Roman female cult of Bona Dea.

References

Sagan, C. 1980. Cosmos. New York: Ballantine Books.

Watterson, B. 2012 [2005]. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. Book Three. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeell.

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Published

2018-03-29

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1-2 (2016): Special Issue: Digital Humanities, Cognitive Historiography , and the Study of Religion

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Ambasciano, L. (2018). Luther H. Martin, The Mind of Mithraists: Historical and Cognitive Studies in the Roman Cult of Mithras (New York: Bloomsbury, 2015), ix +189 pp. ISBN: 9-781-47258-419-9. $112.00 hbk. Journal of Cognitive Historiography, 3(1-2), 204-207. https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.33929