Home›Monotheistic Dualist›Closed Practice Status›Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsidersBrowse ByPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsidersThis page groups religions by whether they are open to anyone who wishes to join or reserved for a closely defined community. Wikipedia notes that while some religions claim to be universal, "others are intended to be practiced only by a closely defined or localized group." Browsing this way separates missionary faiths that actively seek converts from traditions that restrict who may take part.FactsLearn MorePartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsidersSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedTraditions that affirm one God worthy of worship while treating the cosmos as the arena of a real struggle between opposed principles of good and evil - a struggle that is genuine rather than apparent, and that runs to a decided end. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedContested: monotheistic dualism is a comparative construction, and whether Zoroastrianism is best read as monotheist, dualist or both has been argued within the tradition and in scholarship since antiquity. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligions 1Learn MoreMonotheistic Dualist Religions This group holds religions of a monotheistic-dualist character, traditions that affirm a supreme good God while giving real weight to an opposing principle of evil, so that the cosmos is the arena of a struggle between the two. Zoroastrianism is the classic example, and this outlook influenced later Western thought. The browser will find the traditions the atlas classes here. The entries describe each, noting how it holds together the oneness of the good creator with a genuinely dualistic account of the world.Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsidersFilter Results2 entriesPlace of OriginAllMesopotamia (1)DenominationsAllIrani Zoroastrianism (1)Parsi Zoroastrianism (1)ScripturesAllArda Viraf Nameh (Book of Arda Viraf) (1)Avesta (1)Bundahishn (1)Gathas (1)Ginza Rabba (1)Haran Gawaita (1)Khordeh Avesta (1)Mandaean Book of John (1)Qolasta (1)Vendidad (1)Yasna (1)Where PractisedAllBabylonia (1)Central Asia (1)Gujarat (1)Mesopotamia (1)Near East (2)Persia (1)Origin EraAll-1500 (1)1 (1)Decline EraAll651 (1)Conception of the DivineAllDualist: two opposed cosmic principles (2)Monotheistic: one God (2)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Kind of TraditionAllEthnoreligious (Monotheistic) (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 2MandaeismPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsidersZoroastrianismPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsidersSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. A History of Zoroastrianismtier 1Mary Boyce, Brill, 1989View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.