The Manageable Self in the Early Hellenistic Era
This paper argues that the rise of what is commonly termed "personal religion" during the Classic-Hellenistic period is not the result of an inner need or even quality of the self, as often argued by those who see in ancient Greece foreshadowing of Christianity, but rather was the result o...
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Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Equinox
2010
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Στο/Στη: |
Bulletin for the study of religion
Έτος: 2010, Τόμος: 39, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 34-36 |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Private / Public
B Personal Religiosity |
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Σύνοψη: | This paper argues that the rise of what is commonly termed "personal religion" during the Classic-Hellenistic period is not the result of an inner need or even quality of the self, as often argued by those who see in ancient Greece foreshadowing of Christianity, but rather was the result of social, economic, and political conditions that made it possible for Hellenistic Greeks to redefine the perception of the individual and its relationship to others. |
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ISSN: | 2041-1871 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v39i2.009 |