KnowraManichaeismLinked fromLinked fromThe 18 pages that link to Manichaeism, each with the reason it gives.All 18Broader topic 1Related 8Compared with 9Augustine of HippoRelated: Augustine followed this dualist religion for years before rejecting it for Christianity.ZoroastrianismCompared with: Its later, more expansive dualism is distinct from Zoroastrian teachings.GnosticismRelated: It shares themes of imprisoned light and salvation through knowledge, while forming a distinct religion.Creation ex nihiloCompared with: Its coeternal cosmic principles conflict with the claim that all things other than God were created.Nag Hammadi libraryCompared with: Its distinct history helps distinguish the library’s contents from other ancient religious movements.SogdiaRelated: Sogdian communities helped transmit Manichaean texts and practices eastward.Sogdian merchantsRelated: Sogdian traders were chief carriers of Manichaean texts into the Tarim Basin and to the Uyghurs.Uyghur KhaganateRelated: Uyghur ruler Bögü adopted it as the khaganate's official religion in the eighth century.MandaeismCompared with: Its dualism resembles some Mandaean themes, but the religions have different origins and scriptures.Pierre BayleRelated: Bayle used the problem of evil to show how difficult it is to reconcile suffering with divine goodness.Ephrem the SyrianCompared with: Ephrem argued against Manichaean teachings circulating in his Syriac-speaking world.QuanzhouRelated: A surviving temple image near Quanzhou bears witness to its presence in the region.The Wretched of the EarthRelated: Fanon uses this term for the sharply divided moral and social world imposed by colonialism.Ginza RabbaCompared with: Its neighboring late antique traditions invite comparison without making it a Mandaean scripture.Good and evilBroader topic: It presents good and evil as opposing cosmic powers, not merely moral choices.MazdakismCompared with: Some accounts connect Mazdakite ideas to Manichaean dualism, but the traditions were distinct.KartirCompared with: Kartir’s account describes action against Manichaeans amid competition for royal religious favor.Religion in pre-Islamic ArabiaCompared with: Its presence in the wider region shows that Arabia’s neighbors held more than one rival tradition.
KnowraManichaeismLinked fromLinked fromThe 18 pages that link to Manichaeism, each with the reason it gives.All 18Broader topic 1Related 8Compared with 9Augustine of HippoRelated: Augustine followed this dualist religion for years before rejecting it for Christianity.ZoroastrianismCompared with: Its later, more expansive dualism is distinct from Zoroastrian teachings.GnosticismRelated: It shares themes of imprisoned light and salvation through knowledge, while forming a distinct religion.Creation ex nihiloCompared with: Its coeternal cosmic principles conflict with the claim that all things other than God were created.Nag Hammadi libraryCompared with: Its distinct history helps distinguish the library’s contents from other ancient religious movements.SogdiaRelated: Sogdian communities helped transmit Manichaean texts and practices eastward.Sogdian merchantsRelated: Sogdian traders were chief carriers of Manichaean texts into the Tarim Basin and to the Uyghurs.Uyghur KhaganateRelated: Uyghur ruler Bögü adopted it as the khaganate's official religion in the eighth century.MandaeismCompared with: Its dualism resembles some Mandaean themes, but the religions have different origins and scriptures.Pierre BayleRelated: Bayle used the problem of evil to show how difficult it is to reconcile suffering with divine goodness.Ephrem the SyrianCompared with: Ephrem argued against Manichaean teachings circulating in his Syriac-speaking world.QuanzhouRelated: A surviving temple image near Quanzhou bears witness to its presence in the region.The Wretched of the EarthRelated: Fanon uses this term for the sharply divided moral and social world imposed by colonialism.Ginza RabbaCompared with: Its neighboring late antique traditions invite comparison without making it a Mandaean scripture.Good and evilBroader topic: It presents good and evil as opposing cosmic powers, not merely moral choices.MazdakismCompared with: Some accounts connect Mazdakite ideas to Manichaean dualism, but the traditions were distinct.KartirCompared with: Kartir’s account describes action against Manichaeans amid competition for royal religious favor.Religion in pre-Islamic ArabiaCompared with: Its presence in the wider region shows that Arabia’s neighbors held more than one rival tradition.