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For the early Christians, "pagan" referred to a multitude of unbelievers: Greek and Roman devotees of the Olympian gods, and "barbarians" such as Arabs and Germans with their own array of deities. But while these groups were clearly outsiders or idolaters, who and what was pagan...
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Jones, Christopher P., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Between Pagan and Christian / Christopher P. Jones. Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (223 p.) : 5 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Authors -- Preface -- 1. The Perception of Paganism -- 2. Constantine -- 3. After Constantine: Indifference and Intolerance -- 4. God and Other Divinities -- 5. Idolatry -- 6. Sacrifice, Blood, and Prayer -- 7. Debate -- 8. Conversion -- 9. The West -- 10. The East -- 11. Conclusion: The Persistence of Paganism -- Appendix: Was Macrobius a Christian? -- Timeline -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star For the early Christians, "pagan" referred to a multitude of unbelievers: Greek and Roman devotees of the Olympian gods, and "barbarians" such as Arabs and Germans with their own array of deities. But while these groups were clearly outsiders or idolaters, who and what was pagan depended on the outlook of the observer, as Christopher Jones shows in this fresh and penetrating analysis. Treating paganism as a historical construct rather than a fixed entity, Between Pagan and Christian uncovers the ideas, rituals, and beliefs that Christians and pagans shared in Late Antiquity. While the emperor Constantine's conversion in 312 was a momentous event in the history of Christianity, the new religion had been gradually forming in the Roman Empire for centuries, as it moved away from its Jewish origins and adapted to the dominant pagan culture. Early Christians drew on pagan practices and claimed important pagans as their harbingers--asserting that Plato, Virgil, and others had glimpsed Christian truths. At the same time, Greeks and Romans had encountered in Judaism observances and beliefs shared by Christians such as the Sabbath and the idea of a single, creator God. Polytheism was the most obvious feature separating paganism and Christianity, but pagans could be monotheists, and Christians could be accused of polytheism and branded as pagans. In the diverse religious communities of the Roman Empire, as Jones makes clear, concepts of divinity, conversion, sacrifice, and prayer were much more fluid than traditional accounts of early Christianity have led us to believe. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) RELIGION / Christian Church / History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110665901 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674369511 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674369511 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674369511/original |
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