num_pages: 580
description: In volume 2 of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues his magisterial progress through the history of religious ideas. The religions of ancient China, Brahmanism and Hinduism, Buddha and his contemporaries, Roman religion, Celtic and German religions, Judaism, the Hellenistic period, the Iranian syntheses, and the birth of Christianity—all are encompassed in this volume.
language: English
title: A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity
titlecomplete: A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity
genres: Romanian Literature, History, Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Psychology, Spirituality, Mythology, Nonfiction, Anthropology
ratings_count: 881
series: Histoire des croyances et des idées religieuses
publisher: University of Chicago Press