Twilights of Greek and Roman Religions— An Introduction

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ID22037745
AuthorsChris L De Wet (0000-0002-2628-2013, University of South Africa, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume10
Issue2
Pages1-7
Publication date2020-05-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Early Christian History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2222-582X • E-ISSN: 2471-4054
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/2222582x.2021.1931904
OpenAlexW3174409908
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited5

This introduction sets the scene for the “Twilights of Greek and Roman Religions” special issue of Journal of Early Christian History. “‘Twilights’ is a good way to put the question, since twilight is that time between day and night, it is not quite dark but also no longer fully light. ‘Twilights’ suggest the in-between, the both-and. And this is what the essays collected in this special issue described, the both-and of Greek and Roman religions and nascent Christianity.” In our volume, several authors explore some aspects of the complex transitions and transformations we find between Christian and Greek and Roman religions at the beginning of Late Antiquity, when what has traditionally (and erroneously) been labelled “pagan” religion seemed to have been coming to an end, or transitioning into something different. Rather than a violent vanquishing of one by the other, the transition in Late Antiquity to a Christian society has only recently been described as a “soft” and generally peaceful transition, with some exceptions, of course

Ancient history · Art · Christianity · Classical antiquity · Comparative religion · Early Christianity · Late Antiquity · Literature · Roman Empire · Roman history · Twilight · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations · History · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies

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