An Ancient Theory Of Religion

Author : Nickolas Roubekas
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317535300

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An Ancient Theory of Religion examines a theory of religion put forward by Euhemerus of Messene (late 4th—early 3rd century BCE) in his lost work Sacred Inscription, and shows not only how and why euhemerism came about but also how it was— and still is—used. By studying the utilization of the theory in different periods—from the Graeco-Roman world to Late Antiquity, and from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century—this book explores the reception of the theory in diverse literary works. In so doing, it also unpacks the different adoptions and misrepresentations of Euhemerus’s work according to the diverse agendas of the authors and scholars who have employed his theory. In the process, certain questions are raised: What did Euhemerus actually claim? How has his theory of the origins of belief in gods been used? How can modern scholarship approach and interpret his take on religion? When referring to ‘euhemerism,’ whose version are we employing? An Ancient Theory of Religion assumes no prior knowledge of euhemerism and will be of interest to scholars working in classical reception, religious studies, and early Christian studies.

Author : Nickolas Panayiotis Roubekas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1315725878

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An Ancient Theory of Religion by Nickolas Panayiotis Roubekas Pdf

An Ancient Theory of Religion examines a theory of religion put forward by Euhemerus of Messene (late 4th--early 3rd century BCE) in his lost work Sacred Inscription, and shows not only how and why euhemerism came about but also how it was-- and still is--used. By studying the utilization of the theory in different periods--from the Graeco-Roman world to Late Antiquity, and from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century--this book explores the reception of the theory in diverse literary works. In so doing, it also unpacks the different adoptions and misrepresentations of Euhemerus's work according to the diverse agendas of the authors and scholars who have employed his theory. In the process, certain questions are raised: What did Euhemerus actually claim? How has his theory of the origins of belief in gods been used? How can modern scholarship approach and interpret his take on religion? When referring to 'euhemerism,' whose version are we employing? An Ancient Theory of Religion assumes no prior knowledge of euhemerism and will be of interest to scholars working in classical reception, religious studies, and early Christian studies.

Author : Nickolas Panayiotis Roubekas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1781796742

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Theorizing 'religion' in Antiquity by Nickolas Panayiotis Roubekas Pdf

Author : Nickolas P. Roubekas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350102620

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The Study of Greek and Roman Religions by Nickolas P. Roubekas Pdf

How should ancient religious ideas be approached? Is "religion" an applicable term to antiquity? Should classicists, ancient historians, and religious studies scholars work more closely together? Nickolas P. Roubekas argues that there is a disciplinary gap between the study of Greek and Roman religions and the study of “religion” as a category-a gap that has often resulted in contradictory conclusions regarding Greek and Roman religion. This book addresses this lack of interdisciplinarity by providing an overview, criticism, and assessment of this chasm. It provides a theoretical approach to this historical period, raising the issue of the relationship between “theory of religion” and “history of religion,” and explores how history influences theory and vice versa. It also presents an in-depth critique of some crucial problems that have been central to the discussions of scholars who work on Graeco-Roman antiquity, encouraging us to re-examine how we approach the study of ancient religions.

Author : Stephen M. Barr
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780268158057

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Modern Physics and Ancient Faith by Stephen M. Barr Pdf

A considerable amount of public debate and media print has been devoted to the “war between science and religion.” In his accessible and eminently readable new book, Stephen M. Barr demonstrates that what is really at war with religion is not science itself, but a philosophy called scientific materialism. Modern Physics and Ancient Faith argues that the great discoveries of modern physics are more compatible with the central teachings of Christianity and Judaism about God, the cosmos, and the human soul than with the atheistic viewpoint of scientific materialism. Scientific materialism grew out of scientific discoveries made from the time of Copernicus up to the beginning of the twentieth century. These discoveries led many thoughtful people to the conclusion that the universe has no cause or purpose, that the human race is an accidental by-product of blind material forces, and that the ultimate reality is matter itself. Barr contends that the revolutionary discoveries of the twentieth century run counter to this line of thought. He uses five of these discoveries—the Big Bang theory, unified field theories, anthropic coincidences, Gödel’s Theorem in mathematics, and quantum theory—to cast serious doubt on the materialist’s view of the world and to give greater credence to Judeo-Christian claims about God and the universe. Written in clear language, Barr’s rigorous and fair text explains modern physics to general readers without oversimplification. Using the insights of modern physics, he reveals that modern scientific discoveries and religious faith are deeply consonant. Anyone with an interest in science and religion will find Modern Physics and Ancient Faith invaluable.

Author : Tim Whitmarsh
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780571279326

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Battling the Gods by Tim Whitmarsh Pdf

How new is atheism? In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh journeys into the ancient Mediterranean to recover the stories of those who first refused the divinities. Long before the Enlightenment sowed the seeds of disbelief in a deeply Christian Europe, atheism was a matter of serious public debate in the Greek world. But history is written by those who prevail, and the Age of Faith mostly suppressed the lively free-thinking voices of antiquity. Tim Whitmarsh brings to life the fascinating ideas of Diagoras of Melos, perhaps the first self-professed atheist; Democritus, the first materialist; and Epicurus and his followers. He shows how the early Christians came to define themselves against atheism, and so suppress the philosophy of disbelief. Battling the Gods is the first book on the origins of the secular values at the heart of the modern state. Authoritative and bold, provocative and humane, it reveals how atheism and doubt, far from being modern phenomena, have intrigued the human imagination for thousands of years.

Author : Esther Eidinow,Julia Kindt
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199642038

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The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion by Esther Eidinow,Julia Kindt Pdf

This handbook offers both students and teachers of ancient Greek religion a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship in the subject, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. It not only presents key information, but also explores the ways in which such information is gathered and the different approaches that have shaped the area. In doing so, the volume provides a crucial research and orientation tool for students of the ancient world, and also makes a vital contribution to the key debates surrounding the conceptualization of ancient Greek religion. The handbook's initial chapters lay out the key dimensions of ancient Greek religion, approaches to evidence, and the representations of myths. The following chapters discuss the continuities and differences between religious practices in different cultures, including Egypt, the Near East, the Black Sea, and Bactria and India. The range of contributions emphasizes the diversity of relationships between mortals and the supernatural - in all their manifestations, across, between, and beyond ancient Greek cultures - and draws attention to religious activities as dynamic, highlighting how they changed over time, place, and context.

Author : Esther Eidinow,Armin W. Geertz,John North
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009027151

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Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience by Esther Eidinow,Armin W. Geertz,John North Pdf

For some time interest has been growing in a dialogue between modern scientific research into human cognition and research in the humanities. This ground-breaking volume focuses this dialogue on the religious experience of men and women in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Each chapter examines a particular historical problem arising from an ancient religious activity and the contributions range across a wide variety of both ancient contexts and sources, exploring and integrating literary, epigraphic, visual and archaeological evidence. In order to avoid a simple polarity between physical aspects (ritual) and mental aspects (belief) of religion, the contributors draw on theories of cognition as embodied, emergent, enactive and extended, accepting the complexity, multimodality and multicausality of human life. Through this interdisciplinary approach, the chapters open up new questions around and develop new insights into the physical, emotional, and cognitive aspects of ancient religions.

Author : Nickolas P. Roubekas,Thomas Ryba
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004435025

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Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth by Nickolas P. Roubekas,Thomas Ryba Pdf

Taking its cue from Robert A. Segal’s work, Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth: Contributions in Honor of Robert A. Segal offers a set of essays by renowned scholars addressing the persisting question of how to approach religion and myth as academic categories.

Author : Ivan Strenski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781444330847

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Understanding Theories of Religion by Ivan Strenski Pdf

Featuring comprehensive updates and additions, the second edition of Understanding Theories of Religion explores the development of major theories of religion through the works of classic and contemporary figures. • A new edition of this introductory text exploring the core methods and theorists in religion, spanning the sixteenth-century through to the latest theoretical trends • Features an entirely new section covering religion and postmodernism; race, sex, and gender; and religion and postcolonialism • Examines the development of religious theories through the work of classic and contemporary figures from the history of anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology • Reveals how the study of religion evolved in response to great cultural conflicts and major historical events • Student-friendly features include chapter introductions and summaries, biographical vignettes, a timeline, a glossary, and many other learning aids

Author : Mor Segev
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108415255

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Aristotle on Religion by Mor Segev Pdf

Provides a comprehensive account of the socio-political role Aristotle attributes to traditional religion, despite rejecting its content.

Author : Sarah Iles Johnston
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674015177

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Religions of the Ancient World by Sarah Iles Johnston Pdf

This groundbreaking, first basic reference work on ancient religious beliefs collects and organizes available information on ten ancient cultures and traditions, including Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia, and offers an expansive, comparative perspective on each one.

Author : Georges Bataille
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X001500558

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Theory of Religion by Georges Bataille Pdf

Theory of Religion brings to philosophy what Bataille's earlier book, The Accursed Share, brought to anthropology and history; namely, an analysis based on notions of excess and expenditure. Bataille brilliantly defines religion as so many different attempts to respond to the universe's relentless generosity. Framed within his original theory of generalized economics and based on his masterly reading of archaic religious activity, Theory of Religion constitutes, along with The Accursed Share, the most important articulation of Bataille's work.Georges Bataille (1897-1962), founder of the French review Critique, wrote fiction and essays on a wide range of topics. His books in English translation include Story of the Eye, Blue of Noon, Literature and Evil, Manet and Erotism.Robert Hurley is the translator of The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault and cotranslator of Anti Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Distributed for Zone Books.

Author : Jacques Waardenburg
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 715 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110473865

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Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion by Jacques Waardenburg Pdf

Waardenburg’s magisterial essay traces the rise and development of the academic study of religion from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, outlining the establishment of the discipline, its connections with other fields, religion as a subject of research, and perspectives on a phenomenological study of religion. Futhermore a second part comprises an anthology of texts from 41 scholars whose work was programmatic in the evolution of the academic study of religion. Each chapter presents a particular approach, theory, and method relevant to the study of religion. The pieces selected for this volume were taken from the discipline of religious studies as well as from related fields, such as anthropology, sociology, and psychology, to name a few.

Author : Nickolas P. Roubekas
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Antike
ISBN : 1781793573

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Theorizing "religion" in Antiquity by Nickolas P. Roubekas Pdf

examines theoretical discourses on the specificity, origin, and function of 'religion' in antiquity, broadly defined here as the period from the 6th century BCE to the 4th century CE.