Prayer and the Ancient City

Influences of Urban Space

Maik Patzelt, Jörg Rüpke, Annette Weissenrieder (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

IX, 384 Seiten

2021
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
978-3-16-160740-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume is a first attempt to investigate the impact of urban space on prayers and related religious thought and belief in ancient religions from the first to the sixth century CE. Taking its lead from the spatial turn in scholarship, methodologically it is an attempt to replace the hitherto customary focus on the forms and semantics of prayer with an urban-spatial model. This model understands prayers as performances that are embedded and embodied in urban space as well as texts producing and inspired by imaginations of space. To allow for a broader comparison, this volume covers prayers and spaces of various religions all over the ancient Mediterranean, from Roman and North African polytheisms through early Christianity to Byzantine Christianity and early Islam.

Autoren

Born 1987; lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Osnabrueck, Germany.

Born 1962; permanent fellow in Religious Studies at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt and co-director of the International research group »Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations.«

Born 1967; Professor of Exegesis and Theology of New Testament at the Faculty of Theology at the Martin-Luther-University and director of the Institute »Corpus Hellenisticum«, University of Halle-Wittenberg.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.10.2021
• Reihe/Serie: CRPG
• Verlagsort: Tübingen
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 165 x 243 mm
• Gewicht: 130 g
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Ancient Religions • Prayers • Spatial Theory • urbanity
• ISBN-10: 3-16-160740-6 / 3161607406
• ISBN-13: 978-3-16-160740-0 / 9783161607400
• Zustand: Neuware