Death Burial And Rebirth In The Religions Of Antiquity
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Author | : Jon Davies |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2013-04-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134792719 |
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In Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity, Jon Davies charts the significance of death to the emerging religious cults in the pre-Christian and early Christian world. He analyses the varied burial rituals and examines the different notions of the afterlife. Among the areas covered are: * Osiris and Isis: the life theology of Ancient Egypt * burying the Jewish dead * Roman religion and Roman funerals * Early Christian burial * the nature of martyrdom. Jon Davies also draws on the sociological theory of Max Weber to present a comprehensive introduction to and overview of death, burial and the afterlife in the first Christian centuries which offers insights into the relationship between social change and attitudes to death and dying.
Author | : Alfred Clement Rush |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1941 |
Genre | : Burial |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Lee M. Jefferson |
Publisher | : Fortress Academic |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Church history |
ISBN | : 9781978701601 |
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"Memorialized in art, sculpture, epigraphy, and of course texts, the theme of death and rebirth became a central focus of the Christian religion as it developed in late antiquity. This book provides a deep examination of the theme of death and rebirth from various points of view to see how deeply ensconced it was in religious piety"--
Author | : Lee M Jefferson |
Publisher | : Fortress Academic |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-03-15 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781978701618 |
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Memorialized in art, sculpture, epigraphy, and of course texts, the theme of death and rebirth became a central focus of the Christian religion as it developed in late antiquity. This book provides a deep examination of the theme of death and rebirth from various points of view to see how deeply ensconced it was in religious piety.
Author | : Baron Raglan (FitzRoy Richard Somerset) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1945 |
Genre | : Death |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Lee M. Jefferson |
Publisher | : Fortress Academic |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Church history |
ISBN | : 9781978701595 |
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Memorialized in art, sculpture, epigraphy, and of course texts, the theme of death and rebirth became a central focus of the Christian religion as it developed in late antiquity. This book provides a deep examination of the theme of death and rebirth from various points of vie...
Author | : Christopher M. Moreman |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2017-09-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1442274964 |
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Beyond the Threshold introduces readers to afterlife beliefs and experiences in world religions. The second edition has been revised and updated throughout, including a new chapter on afterlife beliefs and practices in selected African traditions, new research on the afterlife and near-death experiences, the addition of key words and definitions to each chapter, and more. Christopher M. Moreman offers an introduction to afterlife beliefs in ancient cultures, which are essential to understanding the roots of many modern ideas about death. He examines the folklore and doctrines of major world religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese religions, and several African traditions. He also discusses psychic phenomena across traditions, such as mediums, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and past-life memories. While ultimately the afterlife remains unknowable, the second edition of this unique, in-depth exploration of both beliefs and experiences can help readers reach their own understanding of the afterlife and how to live.
Author | : Mario Erasmo |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2021-03-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0755698266 |
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Personal and yet utterly universal, inevitable and yet unknowable, death has been a dominant theme in all cultures, since earliest times. Different societies address death and the act of dying in culturally diverse ways; yet, remarkably, across the span of several millennia, we can recognize in the customs of ancient Greece and Rome ceremonies and rituals that have enduring present-day resonance. For example, preparing the corpse of the deceased, holding a memorial service, the practice of cremation and of burial in 'resting places' are all liminal processes that can trace their origin to ancient practices. Such rites - described by Cicero and Herodotus, among others - have defined traditional modern funerals. Yet of late there has been a shift away from classical ritual and sombre memorialization as the dead are transformed into spectacles. Ad hoc roadside shrines, 'virtual' burials, online guest-books and even jazz memorial processions and firework displays have come to the fore as new modes of marking, even celebrating, bereavement. What is causing this change, and how do urbanisation, economic factors and the rise of individualism play a part? Mario Erasmo creatively explores the nexus between classical and contemporary approaches to dying, death and interment. From theme funerals in St Louis to Etruscan sarcophagi, he offers a rich and insightful discussion of finitude across the ages.
Author | : Mattias Brand |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2022-05-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 900451029X |
Download Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Published in Open Access with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Winner of the Manfred Lautenschläger Award! Religion is never simply there. In Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis, Mattias Brand shows where and when ordinary individuals and families in Egypt practiced a Manichaean way of life. Rather than portraying this ancient religion as a well-structured, totalizing community, the fourth-century papyri sketch a dynamic image of lived religious practice, with all the contradictions, fuzzy boundaries, and limitations of everyday life. Following these microhistorical insights, this book demonstrates how family life, gift-giving, death rituals, communal gatherings, and book writing are connected to our larger academic debates about religious change in late antiquity.
Author | : Jack J. Lennon |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107037905 |
Download Pollution and Religion in Ancient Rome Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A detailed study of pollution and impurity in Roman religion, offering new theories on a previously neglected, yet vital, subject.