عنوان

Appropriation:

شماره

LA122931

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Appropriation:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

A New Approach to Religious Transformation in Late Antiquity

نام نخستين پديدآور

Jitse H. F. Dijkstra

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In this article, I propose the concept of "appropriation," widely used in cross-cultural contexts, as a new approach to the process of religious transformation in Late Antiquity. This approach has the advantage that it encompasses the entire spectrum of individual responses to the impact of Christianity that characterizes the period. It is thus a particularly dynamic concept, as it accurately takes into account the interactive nature of the process and views it "from the bottom-up," highlighting human agency. The variety of responses is illustrated by three case studies from Egypt - literature, monumental architecture (temples and churches), and magic - which can be regarded as exemplary for studying similar aspects of the religious transformation process in other areas of the (Eastern) Roman Empire. In each of these cases, the topic has until quite recently been viewed in terms of a "pagan" vs. Christianity framework, which has now been replaced by a more complex picture that exposes to the fullest extent the different forms of appropriation. In this article, I propose the concept of "appropriation," widely used in cross-cultural contexts, as a new approach to the process of religious transformation in Late Antiquity. This approach has the advantage that it encompasses the entire spectrum of individual responses to the impact of Christianity that characterizes the period. It is thus a particularly dynamic concept, as it accurately takes into account the interactive nature of the process and views it "from the bottom-up," highlighting human agency. The variety of responses is illustrated by three case studies from Egypt - literature, monumental architecture (temples and churches), and magic - which can be regarded as exemplary for studying similar aspects of the religious transformation process in other areas of the (Eastern) Roman Empire. In each of these cases, the topic has until quite recently been viewed in terms of a "pagan" vs. Christianity framework, which has now been replaced by a more complex picture that exposes to the fullest extent the different forms of appropriation.

تاريخ نشر

2020

توصيف ظاهري

1-38

عنوان

Numen

شماره جلد

68/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5276

اصطلاح موضوعی

appropriation

اصطلاح موضوعی

Egypt

اصطلاح موضوعی

human agency

اصطلاح موضوعی

Late Antiquity

اصطلاح موضوعی

lived religion

اصطلاح موضوعی

religious transformation

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jitse H. F. Dijkstra

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15685276-12341610

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y