One god : pagan monotheism in the Roman Empire

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Label

One god : pagan monotheism in the Roman Empire

Title remainder

pagan monotheism in the Roman Empire

Statement of responsibility

edited by Stephen Mitchell, Peter van Nuffelen

Contributor

• Mitchell, Stephen, 1948-
• Van Nuffelen, Peter

Subject

• Electronic books
• History
• Monotheism
• Monotheism -- History
• Paganism
• Paganism -- History
• Religion
• Rome (Empire)
• Rome -- Religion

Genre

• Electronic books
• History

Language

eng

Summary

"Graeco-Roman religion in its classic form was polytheistic; on the other hand, monotheistic ideas enjoyed wide currency in ancient philosophy. This contradiction provides a challenge for our understanding of ancient pagan religion. Certain forms of cult activity, including acclamations of 'one god' and the worship of Theos Hypsistos, the highest god, have sometimes been interpreted as evidence for pagan monotheism. This book discusses pagan monotheism in its philosophical and intellectual context, traces the evolution of new religious ideas in the time of the Roman empire, and evaluates the usefulness of the term 'monotheism' as a way of understanding these developments in later antiquity outside the context of Judaism and Christianity. In doing so, it establishes a new framework for understanding the relationship between polytheistic and monotheistic religious cultures between the first and fourth centuries ad"--Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

SNK

Dewey number

211/.34

Index

index present

LC call number

BL221

LC item number

.O54 2010eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography