Twilights of Greek and Roman Religions— An Introduction
This introduction sets the scene for the “Twilights of Greek and Roman Religions” special issue of Journal of Early Christian History. “‘Twilights’ is a good way to put the question, since twilight is that time between day and night, it is not quite dark but also no longer fully light. ‘Twilights’ s...
| Published in: | Journal of early Christian history |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020
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Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-7 |
| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BE Greco-Roman religions CA Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Greek and Roman religion
B Early Christianity B Ancient History B Late Antiquity B end of religion |
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| Summary: | This introduction sets the scene for the “Twilights of Greek and Roman Religions” special issue of Journal of Early Christian History. “‘Twilights’ is a good way to put the question, since twilight is that time between day and night, it is not quite dark but also no longer fully light. ‘Twilights’ suggest the in-between, the both-and. And this is what the essays collected in this special issue described, the both-and of Greek and Roman religions and nascent Christianity.” In our volume, several authors explore some aspects of the complex transitions and transformations we find between Christian and Greek and Roman religions at the beginning of Late Antiquity, when what has traditionally (and erroneously) been labelled “pagan” religion seemed to have been coming to an end, or transitioning into something different. Rather than a violent vanquishing of one by the other, the transition in Late Antiquity to a Christian society has only recently been described as a “soft” and generally peaceful transition, with some exceptions, of course. |
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| ISSN: | 2471-4054 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2021.1931904 |