Forbearance and Compulsion - The Rhetoric of Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Late Antiquity

Informationen zum Autor Maijastina Kahlos Klappentext Most surveys of religious tolerance and intolerance start from the medieval and early modern period, either passing over or making brief mention of discussions of religious moderation and coercion in Greco-Roman antiquity. Here Maijastina Kahlos widens the historical perspective to encompass late antiquity, examining ancient discussions of religious moderation and coercion in their historical contexts. The relations and interactions between various religious groups, especially pagans and Christians, are scrutinized, and the stark contrast often drawn between a tolerant polytheism and an intolerant Christianity is replaced by a more refined portrait of the complex late antique world. Zusammenfassung Most surveys of religious tolerance and intolerance start from the medieval and early modern period. This title widens the historical perspective to encompass late antiquity, examining ancient discussions of religious moderation and coercion in their historical contexts.

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• Authors: Maijastina Kahlos, Kahlos Maijastina
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2009
• EAN: 9780715636985
• ISBN: 978-0-7156-3698-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Korean, Christianity, History of Religion, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, The Early Church