Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > movements and organizations > Mithraism
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of religion > global religion > movements and organizations > Mithraism

Preferred term

Mithraism  

Definition

  • The cult of Mithras was an initiation cult extant from the first to the fourth century CE in the Roman Empire. The eponymous cult god, hailed as Sol Invictus (“The Unconquered Sun”) has roots in the Persian god Mitra, the god of loyalty and guarantor of pledges. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Mithras Cult]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Mithraism

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD