Pagan and Christian in an age of anxiety
some aspects of religious experience from Marcus Aurelius to Constantine.
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Word Count
36,000 words, Guess
Page Count
144 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15025819M
- Internet Archivepaganchristianin00dodd
- Internet Archivepaganchristianin0000dodd_k3c4
- ISBN-100393005453
- ISBN-139780393005455
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- Goodreads1443482
- LibraryThing411482
- OCLC Control Number989020
- Better World Books9780393005455
Classifications
- LCCBL53 .D6
Description
Examines the philosophical and spiritual climate of the Roman Empire during the period between the accession of Marcus Aurelius and the conversion of Constantine. During this period, material decline was steepest and the ferment of new religious feelings most intense. It was an "age of anxiety" in both its material and its moral insecurity. The pax Romana was coming to an end and being succeeded by invasions, epidemics, and civil disorder. Dodds discusses general attitudes to the world and the human condition in the early Christian centuries, and goes on to analyze specific types of daemonic and religious experiences. He also considers both pagan views of Christianity and Christian views of paganism as they emerge in the literature of the time.--From publisher description.
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