Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions

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.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Janet E Spittler et al (Herausgeber), Babett Edelmann-Singer (Herausgeber), Tobia Nicklas (Herausgeber), Tobias Nicklas (Herausgeber), Janet E. Spittler (Herausgeber), Luigi Walt (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. K
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.08.2020
• Seiten: 335
• Abmessung: 169 mm x 252 mm x 27 mm
• Gewicht: 676 g
• Serie: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum