Prof Almut Hintze – The concepts of Good and Evil in Zoroastrianism

This illustrated talk discusses the way in which Zoroastrian thought articulates a cosmological and ethical vision of the tension between constructive and destructive forces. Against the backdrop of Zoroastrian cosmology, it discusses questions about the radically different nature of Good and Evil, the Zoroastrian concept of creation and the role and responsibility of human beings in the world. It is hoped that the talk will stimulate a discussion on the deeper patterns through which individuals and societies may orient themselves.

ALMUT HINTZE is Zartoshty Brothers Professor of Zoroastrianism at SOAS, University of London, Co-Chair of the SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute, Fellow of the British Academy and Member of the Academia Europaea. She specialises in Zoroastrianism and the tradition of its rituals and texts, of which she has published several editions. In 2016–2023, she directed a collaborative project on the Multimedia Yasna, funded by European Research Council with an Advanced Investigator Grant, to produce an interactive film of a complete performance of the Yasna ritual, electronic tools for editing Avestan texts, and a text-critical edition, translation, commentary and dictionary of the Avestan Yasna. She is currently directing a second ERC project (2024–2028) to investigate the ritual tradition of the Avesta in India by filming the performance of a full Visperad ceremony, provide a critical edition of the Sanskrit translation of the Yasna, and study the interpretation of Avestan rituals in Gujarati language sources. She also works with Yousef Moradi on an edition of seal impressions on clay from Takht-e Solaymān in north-western Iran.

Professor Hintze takes a great interest in the long-term and sustainable preservation of Zoroastrian heritage in both material and digital form. Through her work, she hopes to contribute to a better understanding and greater appreciation of the Zoroastrian religion, and of its significance and value in the history of human and religious thought.

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