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.
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ISBN
9781350102637
Publisert
2022
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Bloomsbury Academic
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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