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Religion: Antiquity and Its Legacy (Ancients and Moderns)
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Joerg Rupke (Author)
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What is a religion? What triggered the spontaneous development of distinct religions throughout the ancient world? How do religions evoke the ultimate realities they claim to address? Such questions are as evergreen as belief itself. The Hellenistic and Roman worlds were a fertile seedbed of the monotheistic faiths that dominate today's western image of religion, as well as many global conflicts. In this concise and elegant overview, Jorg Rupke addresses the similarities and differences of religions in antiquity, tracing their sometimes complex lineage into modern systems of belief. Greek and Roman religion is discussed not in isolation, but in the broader context of western Asia and Egypt. The author also addresses developments relating to early Islam on the south-eastern margins of the Byzantine Empire.
Examining such topics as the functions of priests and religious functionaries; religious individualism; the relationship between religion and political identity; the acceptance of the pagan Julian calendar by Christians; and contrasting ancient and modern understandings of divination, Rupke shows that study of pre-modern culture enables us more daringly to explore the contemporary religious world. 1 bw integrated
About the Author
Jorg Rupke is Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Erfurt. His previous books include Religion of the Romans, A Companion to Roman Religion and Fasti Sacerdotum: A Prosopography of Pagan, Jewish, and Christian Religious Officials in the City of Rome, 300 BC to AD 499.
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- Contributor: Joerg Rupke
- Imprint: I.B. Tauris
- ISBN13: 9781780761701
- Number of Pages: 192
- Packaged Dimensions: 138x216mm
- Packaged Weight: 255
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Release Date: 2013-11-25
- Series: Ancients and Moderns
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Jorg Rupke is Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Erfurt. His previous books include Religion of the Romans, A Companion to Roman Religion and Fasti Sacerdotum: A Prosopography of Pagan, Jewish, and Christian Religious Officials in the City of Rome, 300 BC to AD 499.
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