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1. www.academia.edu › 2314280 › Origins_of_Religion_AOrigins of Religion - A Historical and Methodological Review

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   This paper will examine some of the theories on the origins of religion in humankind. This will be done to analyze a wide range of ideas from sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists and others at different times of history and using different.

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   common assumptions that we make about ancient religions serviceable or mis-leading in understanding the transition? And was there a definitive transition at all—can we even identify behaviors that are more characteristic of ancient religions than post-ancient? Some hundred and forty scholars contributed to Religions of the Ancient

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   From the use of the Egyptian ankh in the Western occult tradition to the creation of Neo-Pagan Druidic orders and identities, these symbols, beliefs, and practices hold potent meanings to those who employ them today; meanings that are grounded in a perceived authenticity derived from their antiquity.

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4. www.otago.ac.nz › __data › assetsAncient Religion: Egypt to Mesopotamia - University of Otago

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   In this paper we explore the religious ideas and practices of three civilisations of the ancient world: their gods and goddesses, their temples and priests, their attempts to communicate with the divine and to exercise power via magic, as well as their foundational myths and their expectations concerning the afterlife.

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   The historical study of the religion of ancient Syria and Canaan (SyroCanaanite, Syro-Palestinian, Northwest Semitic religion) is made difficult by the lack of documentary and material evidence from which to construct a clear and continuous image of religious ideas and practices.

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   The chapter explores two main alternatives: science and religion as formative practices; and science and religion as historical traditions. The latter argument proceeds by way of a discussion of the problem of incommensurability, and potential solutions to it.

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   What role does archaeology play in the study of religion?

   • The role of archaeology for the study of religion, and Roman religion in particular, might seem to be self-evident. 63 The enormous number of images of gods in one form or another, of temple complexes, and other paraphernalia (prominent amongst them, altars), contextualizes and helps us visualize the ancient world.

   Writing the Art, Archaeology and Religion of the Roman Mediterranean

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   Can disciplinary divides be used to study ancient religion?

   • The desire to cross disciplinary divides in order more effectively to study ancient religion – and in this chapter, in particular, Roman religion – has long existed. But a fundamental challenge remains. This is an issue that will become familiar over the course of this volume: the problem of commensurability.

   Writing the Art, Archaeology and Religion of the Roman Mediterranean

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   What typifies our sense of ancient religion?

   • Of all the types of object we have from the Classical past, perhaps none so typifies our sense of ancient religion as the altar (Figure 3.1). 2 Altars are everywhere, with an impressive spectrum of possible artistic embellishments, inscribed ancient languages and contextual settings.

   Writing the Art, Archaeology and Religion of the Roman Mediterranean

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   What is the relationship between Roman art and religion?

   • We start from the premise that Roman religion, as a set of practices and rituals with a series of objects and buildings as its accoutrements and setting, was fundamentally rooted in visual and material culture. Scholarship on Roman religion and Roman art has painted the two in parallel lines.

   Writing the Art, Archaeology and Religion of the Roman Mediterranean

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   What are the challenges facing ancient religion?

   • To bring together different methods and media that would allow us to work with them in an even-handed fashion is one of the biggest challenges currently confronting the study of ancient religion.

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   Is Roman religion a topic of interest?

   • Roman religion as a topic of interest comes under the purview of Ancient History, and the study of it is to a great extent influenced by the preferences of this field for a dependence on textual sources (including epigraphy).

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   We start from the premise that Roman religion, as a set of practices and rituals with a series of objects and buildings as its accoutrements and setting, was fundamentally rooted in visual and material culture. Scholarship on Roman religion and Roman art has painted the two in parallel lines.