Olympia Panagiotidouis a researcher at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.Roger Beckis Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Toronto, Mississauga,Canada.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction1. The World View of the Mithras Cult2. The Self in the Cult of Mithras3. Space and Time in the Mithras Cult4. The Scene of the Tauroctony as a Symbol System5. The Communities of Mithraists: From Personal Self to Social IdentityConclusionBibliographyIndex

This book is a highly recommendable intervention to the study of religious phenomena in the ancient world that will make the reader reflect critically on their theoretical and methodological stances.

Olympia Panagiotidouis a researcher at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.Roger Beckis Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Toronto, Mississauga,Canada.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction1. The World View of the Mithras Cult2. The Self in the Cult of Mithras3. Space and Time in the Mithras Cult4. The Scene of the Tauroctony as a Symbol System5. The Communities of Mithraists: From Personal Self to Social IdentityConclusionBibliographyIndex

This book is a highly recommendable intervention to the study of religious phenomena in the ancient world that will make the reader reflect critically on their theoretical and methodological stances.

Olympia Panagiotidouis a researcher at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.Roger Beckis Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Toronto, Mississauga,Canada.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction1. The World View of the Mithras Cult2. The Self in the Cult of Mithras3. Space and Time in the Mithras Cult4. The Scene of the Tauroctony as a Symbol System5. The Communities of Mithraists: From Personal Self to Social IdentityConclusionBibliographyIndex

This book is a highly recommendable intervention to the study of religious phenomena in the ancient world that will make the reader reflect critically on their theoretical and methodological stances.