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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784968203321

Autore

Edwards Douglas R

Titolo

Religion and power : pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greek East / / Douglas R. Edwards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1996

ISBN

0-19-774077-4

1-280-53480-X

0-19-534480-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 pages)

Disciplina

291/.093

938.09

Soggetti

Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Christianity and other religions - Greek

Christianity and other religions - Roman

Christianity and other religions - Judaism

Judaism - Relations - Christianity

Power (Social sciences) - Rome

Rome Religion

Middle East Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Religion and the Symbolics of Power: Message and Significance; 2. The Power Game: Setting the Stage; 3. The Power of the Past; 4. Cosmic Connections: Defining the Arena of Power; 5. Geography and the Sacred: Establishing Power Across the Roman Oikoumene; 6. Cosmic Power Brokers: Human Agents and Divine Emissaries; 7. The Power of the Future; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; Index; Citations

Sommario/riassunto

This book contributes to the small but growing literature on the interaction between religion and power in antiquity. Edwards focusses on the eastern ""Greek"" provinces in the first and second centuries A.D.--the period during which Christianity, Judaism, and numerous other religions and cults exploded across the Roman Empire. His purpose is



to show how the local elite classes appropriated and manipulated mythic and religious images and practices to establish and consolidate their social, political, and economic power. Edwards considers both archaeological and literary evidence.