Author: Nicola Denzey Lewis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108471897
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
A new look at the Cult of the Saints in late antiquity: did it really dominate Christianity in late antique Rome?
The Early Modern Invention of Late Antique Rome
Author: Nicola Denzey Lewis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108471897
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
A new look at the Cult of the Saints in late antiquity: did it really dominate Christianity in late antique Rome?
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108471897
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
A new look at the Cult of the Saints in late antiquity: did it really dominate Christianity in late antique Rome?
The Beginnings of the Cult of Relics
Author: Robert Wiśniewski
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191075043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Christians have often admired and venerated the martyrs who died for their faith, but for a long time thought that the bodies of martyrs should remain undisturbed in their graves. Initially, the Christian attitude towards the bones of the dead, saint or not, was that of respectful distance. The Beginnings of the Cult of Relics examines how this attitude changed in the mid-fourth century. Robert Wiśniewski investigates how Christians began to believe in the power of relics, first over demons, then over physical diseases and enemies. He considers how the faithful sought to reveal hidden knowledge at the tombs of saints and why they buried the dead close to them. An essential element of this new belief was a strong conviction that the power of relics was transferred in a physical way and so the following chapters study relics as material objects. Wiśniewski analyses how contact with relics operated and how close it was. Did people touch, kiss, or look at the very bones, or just at tombs and reliquaries which contained them? When did the custom of dividing relics begin? Finally, the book deals with discussions and polemics concerning relics, and attempts to find out the strength of the opposition which this new phenomenon had to face, both within and outside Christianity, on its way to become an essential element of medieval religiosity.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191075043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Christians have often admired and venerated the martyrs who died for their faith, but for a long time thought that the bodies of martyrs should remain undisturbed in their graves. Initially, the Christian attitude towards the bones of the dead, saint or not, was that of respectful distance. The Beginnings of the Cult of Relics examines how this attitude changed in the mid-fourth century. Robert Wiśniewski investigates how Christians began to believe in the power of relics, first over demons, then over physical diseases and enemies. He considers how the faithful sought to reveal hidden knowledge at the tombs of saints and why they buried the dead close to them. An essential element of this new belief was a strong conviction that the power of relics was transferred in a physical way and so the following chapters study relics as material objects. Wiśniewski analyses how contact with relics operated and how close it was. Did people touch, kiss, or look at the very bones, or just at tombs and reliquaries which contained them? When did the custom of dividing relics begin? Finally, the book deals with discussions and polemics concerning relics, and attempts to find out the strength of the opposition which this new phenomenon had to face, both within and outside Christianity, on its way to become an essential element of medieval religiosity.
The Individual in the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean
Author: Jörg Rüpke
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191656313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Ancient religions are usually treated as collective and political phenomena and, apart from a few towering figures, the individual religious agent has fallen out of view. Addressing this gap, the essays in this volume focus on the individual and individuality in ancient Mediterranean religion. Even in antiquity, individual religious action was not determined by traditional norms handed down through families and the larger social context, but rather options were open and choices were made. On the part of the individual, this development is reflected in changes in 'individuation', the parallel process of a gradual full integration into society and the development of self-reflection and of a notion of individual identity. These processes are analysed within the Hellenistic and Imperial periods, down to Christian-dominated late antiquity, in both pagan polytheistic as well as Jewish monotheistic settings. The volume focuses on individuation in everyday religious practices in Phoenicia, various Greek cities, and Rome, and as identified in institutional developments and philosophical reflections on the self as exemplified by the Stoic Seneca.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191656313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Ancient religions are usually treated as collective and political phenomena and, apart from a few towering figures, the individual religious agent has fallen out of view. Addressing this gap, the essays in this volume focus on the individual and individuality in ancient Mediterranean religion. Even in antiquity, individual religious action was not determined by traditional norms handed down through families and the larger social context, but rather options were open and choices were made. On the part of the individual, this development is reflected in changes in 'individuation', the parallel process of a gradual full integration into society and the development of self-reflection and of a notion of individual identity. These processes are analysed within the Hellenistic and Imperial periods, down to Christian-dominated late antiquity, in both pagan polytheistic as well as Jewish monotheistic settings. The volume focuses on individuation in everyday religious practices in Phoenicia, various Greek cities, and Rome, and as identified in institutional developments and philosophical reflections on the self as exemplified by the Stoic Seneca.
The Cult of the Saints
Author: Saint John Chrysostom
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
ISBN: 9780881413021
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"The cult of the saints is a phenomenon that expanded rapidly in the fourth century, and John Chrysostom's homilies are important witnesses to its growth. In this volume, Wendy Mayer investigates the liturgical, topographical, and pastoral aspects that marked the martyr cult at Antioch and Constantinople in John's time."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
ISBN: 9780881413021
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"The cult of the saints is a phenomenon that expanded rapidly in the fourth century, and John Chrysostom's homilies are important witnesses to its growth. In this volume, Wendy Mayer investigates the liturgical, topographical, and pastoral aspects that marked the martyr cult at Antioch and Constantinople in John's time."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Buddhist Monks and Business Matters
Author: Gregory Schopen
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824827748
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This is the second in a series of collected essays by one of today’s most distinguished scholars of Indian Buddhism. (Publication of a third collection is planned in early 2005.) In these articles, all save one published in various places from 1994 through 2001, Gregory Schopen once again displays the erudition and originality that have contributed to a major shift in the way that Indian Buddhism is perceived, understood, and studied.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824827748
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This is the second in a series of collected essays by one of today’s most distinguished scholars of Indian Buddhism. (Publication of a third collection is planned in early 2005.) In these articles, all save one published in various places from 1994 through 2001, Gregory Schopen once again displays the erudition and originality that have contributed to a major shift in the way that Indian Buddhism is perceived, understood, and studied.
The Whole Works
Author: James Ussher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
The Parker Society...: Works of Thomas Cranmer, abp of Canterbury
Author: Parker Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Gerardus Joannes Vossius
Author: Jan Bloemendal
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004183698
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 2216
Book Description
This is a new, critical edition (in two-volumes) of Gerardus Joannes Vossius' Latin Poeticae institutiones (1647), with a translation in English, an introduction, annotations and a commentary. In appendices the De artis poeticae natura ac constitutione and De imitatione are published, with a translation.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004183698
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 2216
Book Description
This is a new, critical edition (in two-volumes) of Gerardus Joannes Vossius' Latin Poeticae institutiones (1647), with a translation in English, an introduction, annotations and a commentary. In appendices the De artis poeticae natura ac constitutione and De imitatione are published, with a translation.
Burial and Memorial in Late Antiquity
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004687971
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Burial and Memorial explores funerary and commemorative archaeology A.D. 284-650, across the late antique world. This second volume includes papers exploring all aspects of funerary archaeology, from scientific samples in graves, to grave goods and tomb robbing and a bibliographic essay. It brings into focus neglected regions not usually considered by funerary archaeologists in NW Europe, such as the Levant, where burial archaeology is rich in grave good, to Sicily and Sardinia, where post-mortem offerings and burial manipulations are well-attested. We also hear from excavations in Britain, from Canterbury and London, and see astonishing fruits from the application of science to graves recently excavated in Trier.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004687971
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Burial and Memorial explores funerary and commemorative archaeology A.D. 284-650, across the late antique world. This second volume includes papers exploring all aspects of funerary archaeology, from scientific samples in graves, to grave goods and tomb robbing and a bibliographic essay. It brings into focus neglected regions not usually considered by funerary archaeologists in NW Europe, such as the Levant, where burial archaeology is rich in grave good, to Sicily and Sardinia, where post-mortem offerings and burial manipulations are well-attested. We also hear from excavations in Britain, from Canterbury and London, and see astonishing fruits from the application of science to graves recently excavated in Trier.
Adamnani Vita S. Columbae
Author: Saint Adamnan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian saints
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian saints
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description