03694nam 22006371c 450 991051141470332120200115203623.01-4725-5560-01-4411-0023-710.5040/9781472555601(CKB)2670000000493097(EBL)1561316(SSID)ssj0001040098(PQKBManifestationID)11572653(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040098(PQKBWorkID)11000857(PQKB)10634914(MiAaPQ)EBC1561316(OCoLC)908656299(UtOrBLW)bpp09258497(EXLCZ)99267000000049309720150326d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBelief and religion in Barbarian Europe c. 350-700 Marilyn DunnNew York Bloomsbury 2014.1 online resource (246 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-6532-0 1-4411-3160-4 Includes bibliographical references and index1. Introduction -- 2. Institutions of Divinity -- 3. Constructing 'Arianism' -- 4. Approaching the Macrocosm -- 5. Bringing God to Mind -- 5. Rest in Peach -- Bibliography -- IndexThis ground-breaking study offers a new paradigm for understanding the beliefs and religions of the Goths, Burgundians, Sueves, Franks and Lombards as they converted from paganism to Christianity between c.350 and c.700 CE. Combining history and theology with approaches drawn from the cognitive science of religion, Belief and Religion in Barbarian Europe uses both written and archaeological evidence to challenge many older ideas. Beginning with a re-examination of our knowledge about the deities and rituals of their original religions, it goes on to question the assumption that the Germanic peoples were merely passive recipients of Christian doctrine, arguing that so-called 'Arianism' was first developed as an 'entry-level' Christianity for the Goths. Focusing on individual ethnic groupings in turn, it presents a fresh view of the relationship between religion and politics as their rulers attempted to opt for Catholicism. In place of familiar debates about post-conversion 'pagan survivals', contemporary texts and legislation are analysed to create an innovative cognitive perspective on the ways in which the Church endeavoured to bring the Christian God into people's thoughts and actions. The work also includes a survey of a wide range of written and archaeological evidence, contrasting traditional conceptions of death, afterlife and funerary ritual with Christian doctrine and practice in these areas and exploring some of the techniques developed by the Church for assuaging popular anxieties about Christian burial and the Christian afterlifeChristianity and other religionsGermanicAncient religions & mythologiesGermanic peoplesReligionConversionChristianityHistoryPaganismEuropeHistoryEuropeChurch historyEuropeChurch history600-1500Christianity and other religionsGermanic.Germanic peoplesReligion.ConversionChristianityHistory.PaganismHistory.274/.02Dunn Marilyn602704UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910511414703321Belief and religion in Barbarian Europe c. 350-7002549343UNINA