Monotheism between pagans and Christians in late antiquity / edited by Stephen Mitchell, Peter van Nuffelen.

Yer Numarası
A.IX/7171
ISBN
9789042922426
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yayın Bilgisi
Leuven ; Walpole, MA : Peeters, 2010.
Fiziksel Niteleme
vi, 225 sayfa ; 24 cm.
Dizi
Interdisciplinary studies in ancient culture and religion ; 12
Genel Not
İndeks s. [223]-225.
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Bibliyografya s. [203]-222.
İçindekiler Notu
Introduction / S. Mitchell and P. Van Nuffelen -- ‘Pagan monotheism’? Towards a historical typology / M. V. Cerutti -- One God and divine unity : late antique theologies between exclusivism and inclusiveness / G. Sfameni Gasparro -- Eadem spectamus astra : astral immortality as common ground between pagan and Christian monotheism / B. Selter -- Orphic God(s) : theogonies and hymns as vehicles of monotheism / M. Herrero de Jáuregui -- Pagan conceptions of monotheism in the fourth century : the example of Libanius and Themistius / I. Sandwell -- From philosophic monotheism to imperial henotheism : esoteric and popular religion in late antique Platonism / N. Siniossoglou -- Monotheism, henotheism, and polytheism in Porphyry's Philosophy from Oracles / C. Addey -- Refuting and reclaiming monotheism : monotheism in the debate between “pagans” and Christians in 380-430 / M. Kahlos -- Augustine’s Varro and pagan monotheism / G. Clark.
Özet, vb.
“The fourth century was a major religious battleground. The rise of Christianity, and in particular its dominance from Constantine onwards, marked an important shift in the religious history of the Mediterranean. Christianity saw this change as the victory of its monotheism over the polytheism of paganism. This volume studies how similarities between paganism and Christianity were obscured in the polemic that was waged by Christianity against paganism and in the pagan responses to it. A recurring theme in the papers shows that a concrete religious issue lay at the heart of such polemic: which god can one worship? Christians would restrict worship to their Gid, whereas pagans accepted cultacts for the many traditional deities. The debate about monotheism was therefore not just about conceptions of the divine, but was part of the creation and defence of social, cultural, and religious identities in Late Antiquity. In exploring how the notion of monotheism was shaped by Late Antiquity polemic and how this still influences our understanding of it, this volume also hopes to inform contemporary debates about the dangers of monotheism” -- Arka kapak.
Emeği Geçenler
Mitchell, Stephen, 1948- editör.
Nuffelen, Peter van, editör.