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Author : Nickolas Panayiotis Roubekas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781796740
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Theorizing 'religion' in Antiquity written by Nickolas Panayiotis Roubekas and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nickolas Roubekas
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317535308
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)
Download or read book An Ancient Theory of Religion written by Nickolas Roubekas and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 P. Roubekas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350102636
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Study of Greek and Roman Religions written by Nickolas P. Roubekas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Nickolas P. Roubekas
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781781793572
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)
Download or read book Theorizing "religion" in Antiquity written by Nickolas P. Roubekas and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Harvey Whitehouse
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759106215
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book Theorizing Religions Past written by Harvey Whitehouse and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of archaeologists and historians examine the modes of religiosity theory for its usefulness in explaining the origins and history of religions.
Author : Maia Kotrosits
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009027050
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)
Download or read book Theory, History, and the Study of Religion in Late Antiquity written by Maia Kotrosits and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theory is not a set of texts, it is a style of approach. It is to engage in the act of speculation: gestures of abstraction that re-imagine and dramatize the crises of living. This Element is a both a primer for understanding some of the more predominant strands of critical theory in the study of religion in late antiquity, and a history of speculative leaps in the field. It is a history of dilemmas that the field has tried to work out again and again - questions about subjectivity, the body, agency, violence, and power. This Element additionally presses us on the ethical stakes of our uses of theory, and asks how the field's interests in theory help us understand what's going on, half-spoken, in the disciplinary unconscious.
Author : Nickolas Panayiotis Roubekas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781315725871
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)
Download or read book An Ancient Theory of Religion written by Nickolas Panayiotis Roubekas and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : John Bodel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118293525
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book Household and Family Religion in Antiquity written by John Bodel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to explore the religious dimensions of the family and the household in ancient Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity. Advances our understanding of household and familial religion, as opposed to state-sponsored or civic temple cults Reconstructs domestic and family religious practices in Egypt, Greece, Rome, Israel, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, Emar, and Philistia Explores many household rituals, such as providing for ancestral spirits, and petitioning of a household's patron deities or of spirits associated with the house itself Examines lifecycle rituals – from pregnancy and birth to maturity, old age, death, and beyond Looks at religious practices relating to the household both within the home itself and other spaces, such as at extramural tombs and local sanctuaries
Author : Nickolas P. Roubekas
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004435026
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)
Download or read book Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth written by Nickolas P. Roubekas and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-07-20 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Robert A. Segal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135610614
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)
Download or read book Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Myth written by Robert A. Segal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the theorizing about myth in philosophy and religious studies grows out of efforts to understand the classics and the Bible. In the case of the classics, the presence of myth has been taken for granted, and conclusions reached about Greek and Roman mythology have spurred generalizations about myth. In the case of the Bible, however, the existence of myth has been contested. In fact, Judaism and Christianity are regularly praised for their nonmythic outlook. Conclusions reached about the presence or absence of myth in either the Hebrew Bible or the New Testament have led to generalizations about myth per se. Many of the essays in this volume apply theories of myth to classical, biblical, and ancient Near Eastern cases, but in so doing they draw conclusions about the nature of myth itself. Those essays that criticize past applications make generalizations as weIl. By no means has aIl theorizing about myth from philosophy and religious studies centered on the ancient world, and this volume contains selections from theories in both disciplines that stern from reflections on the nature of science, language, knowledge, and reality.
