Introduction

There have been a number of studies of the religion by outsiders. Several of the writings of the High Priest, Dastur F. M. Kotwal, many written jointly with the American academic, J. W. Boyd, are referred to in the ch. 13 on 'War and Medicine in Zoroastrianism'. Luhrman studies the popular community image of what constitutes 'a good Parsi' and emphasises the not uncommon view in the community that Parsi men have lost their dynamism and innovative nature that once made the community so powerful. A future study might also include consideration of the various audio-visual materials the community is producing, not least the videos. It is the author's contention that while there are, inevitably, diverse doctrinal approaches, and clearly theology has developed nevertheless one can see a reasonably coherent worldview in these varied sources. Some may want to question that contention.