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Record Nr.

UNISA996248030103316

Autore

Dodds E. R (Eric Robertson), <1893-1979, >

Titolo

Pagan and Christian in an age of anxiety : some aspects of religious experience from Marcus Aurelius to Constantine / / E.R. Dodds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1965

ISBN

0-511-09658-5

0-511-58358-3

Edizione

[First paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 144 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

The Wiles lectures given at the Queens University, Belfast  Pagan and Christian in an age of anxiety

Wiles lectures ; ; 1963

Disciplina

291.4/2/09015

Soggetti

Experience (Religion) - History

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

Paganism - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes an index and bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Interest in the world of Late Antiquity is currently undergoing a significant revival, and in this provocative book, now reissued in paperback, E. R. Dodds anticipated some of the themes now engaging scholars. There is abundant material for the study of religious experience in late antiquity, and through it Professor Dodds examines, from a sociological and psychological standpoint, the personal religious attitudes and experiences common to pagans and Christians in the period between Marcus Aurelius and Constantine. He looks first at general attitudes to the world and the human condition before turning to specific types of human experience. World-hatred and asceticism, dreams and states of possession, and pagan and Christian mysticism are all discussed. Finally Dodds considers both pagan views of Christianity and Christian views of paganism as they emerge in the literature of the time. Although primarily written for social and religious historians, this study will also appeal to all those interested in the ancient world and its thought.