03258nam 2200697Ia 450 991045153100332120200520144314.01-280-53480-X0-19-534480-4(CKB)1000000000409173(EBL)430806(OCoLC)437115100(SSID)ssj0000235393(PQKBManifestationID)11924757(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235393(PQKBWorkID)10248193(PQKB)11113401(MiAaPQ)EBC430806(Au-PeEL)EBL430806(CaPaEBR)ebr10278018(CaONFJC)MIL53480(EXLCZ)99100000000040917319950724d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligion & power[electronic resource] pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greek East /Douglas R. EdwardsNew York Oxford University Press19961 online resource (245 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-508263-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and indexes.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; CitationsThis 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. He examines cChurch historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600Christianity and other religionsGreekChristianity and other religionsRomanChristianity and other religionsJudaismJudaismRelationsChristianityPower (Social sciences)RomeRomeReligionMiddle EastReligionElectronic books.Church historyChristianity and other religionsGreek.Christianity and other religionsRoman.Christianity and other religionsJudaism.JudaismRelationsChristianity.Power (Social sciences)291/.093938.09Edwards Douglas R879012MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451531003321Religion & power1963013UNINA