Filosofi & religion
Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Babett Edelmann-Singer • Tobias Nicklas • Janet E Spittler • Luigi Walt
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What are the roles of doubt and scepticism in the religious landscape of the ancient Mediterranean? How is doubt expressed within a specific religious community, and what reactions does it provoke? How does "insider doubt" differ from the sceptical attitude of outsiders? Exploring these questions with respect to a wide range of religious contexts and topics (including early Christianity, Greco-Roman religions, Egyptian religions, astrology, and magic), the essays in this volume confirm the thesis that doubting one's own religious tradition is not simply a "Western" post-Enlightenment phenomenon. On the contrary, ancient religions offered opportunities and contexts wherein aspects of doubt are not just tolerated but accepted; moreover, doubt and scepticism concerning certain religious ideas or aspects of belief also motivated creative reinterpretation of those ideas.
- Format: Inbunden
- ISBN: 9783161563058
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 349
- Utgivningsdatum: 2020-08-12
- Förlag: Mohr Siebeck