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Archaeology and New or Alternative Religious Movements. Jeb Card, David S. Anderson. Session Abstract: New and alternative religious movements make copious use of ancient symbols, beliefs, and practices. From the use of the Egyptian ankh in the Western occult tradition to the creation of Neo-Pagan Druidic orders and identities, these symbols ...
- Caitie Barrett
Religion and PoweR divine KingshiP in the ancient woRld and beyond edited by nicole brisch with contributions by nicole brisch, Gebhard J. selz, Piotr Michalowski, Paul John Frandsen, irene J. Winter, erica ehrenberg, clemens reichel, reinhard bernbeck, Michelle Gilbert, David Freidel, Michael Puett, bruce lincoln,
2006. download Download free PDF. View PDF. 1 Origins of Religion A Historical and Methodological Review Abstract This paper will review and examine past and present theories on the origins of religion. This will be done to analyze a wide range of ideas from sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists and others at different times of history ...
- Rob Stone
the fields of art history, ancient history, and the study of ancient magic (a field that was itself only in its infancy). Yet during the period between World War I and World War II, scholars, particularly in Germany, once again sought to as-sert the unique character of each Mediterranean culture. In 1946, publication
This is why the study of ancient religion has largely lain in the purview of the ancient historian and to an extent, the archaeologist, rather than in the hands of theologians. With recognition of material culture’s central place in ancient religion, the focus has rightly shifted and specialists working on this material have increasingly participated in discussions of religion.
- Philippa Adrych, Dominic Dalglish
- 2020
Thus, I do think the use of religion as an explicitly second-order or redescriptive concept has a place in the study of antiquity .12 To try to find a way to talk about ancient sources that was less likely to suggest that, say, ancient Romans, clearly distinguished between what modern people would call “religion” and other areas of life (politics, economics, law, science, and so on ...
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The contemporary archaeological study of ancient religions is a deeply multidisciplinary endeavor, frequently requiring archaeologists to engage with theories, methods, and specialists from fields that may include anthropology, religious studies, archaeometry, art history, philology, and more. Archaeologists not only generate empirical data ...
