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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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Equinox
2010
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Bulletin for the study of religion
Año: 2010, Volumen: 39, Número: 2, Páginas: 34-36 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Private / Public
B Personal Religiosity |
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| Sumario: | 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 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v39i2.009 |