TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baker,Karen
AU  - Bejjani,Amal
TI  - The Mandaeans: baptizers of Iraq and Iran 
T2  - Hidden peoples of the world
SN  - 9781498246200
AV  - BT1390 .B354 2017eb
U1  - 299.932 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Eugene (Ore.)
PB  - Wipf & Stock
KW  - Gnosticism
KW  - Religious minorities
KW  - Iran
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Gnosticisme
KW  - Minorités religieuses
KW  - Irak
KW  - aat
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Paganism & Neo-Paganism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. History and Sources: Gnosticism -- 3. History and Sources: Mandaeism -- 4. Membership and Community -- 5. Authority and Organization -- 6. Rituals and Holidays -- 7. Signs and Symbols -- 8. Conclusion: Opportunities
N2  - The secrets of a complex belief system that have sustained the Mandaeans in their centuries-old native lands in Iraq and Iran have been collapsing before their eyes. This little-known Gnostic sect has been hidden from global awareness until now. With a passion for the obscure, Karen Baker has delved into this secret sect, exploring the effects of the turmoil they have faced in their homeland, and are now facing in Diaspora. The Iraqi and Iranian Mandaeans have fled their homes with nothing more than the clothing on their backs, being thrust into the status of refugees, watching their tradition
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