If you liked The religion of light by Samuel N. C. Lieu, start with Manichaeism in Central Asia and China (1998), Manichaica Taurinensia (2022), and Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East (1994). These recommendations are drawn from the same author, shared genres, and reader overlap on BookOrb.

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  1. 1 Manichaeism in Central Asia and China 1998 · 258 pages · Samuel N. C. Lieu · Same author
  2. 2 Manichaica Taurinensia 2022 · Enrico Morano, Samuel N. C. Lieu, Nils Arne Pedersen · Same author
  3. 3 Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East 1994 · 325 pages · Samuel N. C. Lieu · Same author
  4. 4 The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars Part II AD 363-630 2007 · 408 pages · Geoffrey Greatrex, Samuel N. C. Lieu · Same author
  5. 5 Polemics against Manichaeism as a subversive cult in Sung China, A. D. c.960-c.1200 1979 · 167 pages · Samuel N. C. Lieu · Same author
  6. 6 Tractatus Manichaicus Sinicus 2017 · Samuel N. C. Lieu, Gunner B. Mikkelsen, Lance Eccles · Same author
  7. 7 Aspects of the Roman East 2007 · 230 pages · Fergus Millar, Richard Alston, Samuel N. C. Lieu · Same author
  8. 8 Manichaeism in the later Roman Empire and medieval China 1985 · 360 pages · Samuel N. C. Lieu · Same author
  9. 9 The Roman Eastern frontier and the Persian Wars (AD 226-363) 1994 · 429 pages · Samuel N. C. Lieu · Same author
  10. 10 Rome and China 2021 · 128 pages · Samuel N. C. Lieu · Same author
  11. 11 Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire 2004 · Iain Gardner, Samuel N. C. Lieu · Same author
  12. 12 The Emperor Julian 1975 · 146 pages · Claudius Mamertinus, Saint John Chrysostom, Samuel N. C. Lieu · Same author

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The religion of light is by Samuel N. C. Lieu.