Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions (eBook)

Babett Edelmann-Singer, Tobias Nicklas, Janet E. Spittler, Luigi Walt (Herausgeber)

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2020 | 1. Auflage
349 Seiten
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
978-3-16-159249-2 (ISBN)

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What are the roles of doubt and scepticism in the religious landscape of the ancient Mediterranean? How is doubt expressed within a specific religious community, and what reactions does it provoke? How does 'insider doubt' differ from the sceptical attitude of outsiders? Exploring these questions with respect to a wide range of religious contexts and topics (including early Christianity, Greco-Roman religions, Egyptian religions, astrology, and magic), the essays in this volume confirm the thesis that doubting one's own religious tradition is not simply a 'Western' post-Enlightenment phenomenon. On the contrary, ancient religions offered opportunities and contexts wherein aspects of doubt are not just tolerated but accepted; moreover, doubt and scepticism concerning certain religious ideas or aspects of belief also motivated creative reinterpretation of those ideas.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• ISBN-10: 3-16-159249-2 / 3161592492
• ISBN-13: 978-3-16-159249-2 / 9783161592492