Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety

Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 166
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ISBN-10 : 0521385997
ISBN-13 : 9780521385992
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Download or read book Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety written by E. R. Dodds and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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