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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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Equinox
2010
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Bulletin for the study of religion
Année: 2010, Volume: 39, Numéro: 2, Pages: 34-36 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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B Personal Religiosity |
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Résumé: | 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 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v39i2.009 |