Foreign and insane
Labelling Manichaeism in the Roman Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3941671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Kevin Coyle (Saint Paul University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 217-234 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000842980403300206 |
| OpenAlex | W2028694169 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
The range of attacks on Manichaeism in Late Antiquity shows how great a danger it was thought to pose, in both government and Christian ecclesiastical circles. Of the usual labels employed in the Roman Empire against religious movements deemed undesirable, "foreign" and "insane" had special applications to Mani's religion, thanks to its origins and to a founder's name that invited polemical wordplay. This article will study these and related labels as they figured in anti-Manichaean discourse and consider their relationship to elements of the Manichaean discourse itself
Ancient history · Art · Criminology · Empire · Government (linguistics · Labelling · Late Antiquity · Linguistics · Literature · Roman Empire · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2019 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |