Theorizing the Demise of Greek and Roman Religions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20487595 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey Brodd (0000-0003-3202-3787, California State University USA Sacramento, CA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 87-98 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-09 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion and Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1023-0807 • E-ISSN: 1574-3012 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15743012-bja10034 |
| OpenAlex | W4292466534 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Analyzing the demise of religions is rendered considerably more difficult when lack of sufficient evidence causes gaps in historical understanding of the progressions of religions from being clearly alive to apparently no longer existing – an acute problem with regard to most Greek and Roman religions. Drawing on the Ghost Dance religion as a parallel case and presenting by way of example considerations regarding emperor Julian’s attempt to rebuild the Jerusalem temple, this article explores the common challenges of dearth of evidence, the need to argue from silence, and a ‘religion’ as category prone to (at least) the complication of transmutation
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Dance · Demise · Emperor · History of religions · Literature · Political science · Silence · Sociology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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