Conversion and initiation in antiquity shifting identities - creating change

Titel:
Conversion and initiation in antiquity shifting identities - creating change
Auteur:
Bøgh, Birgitte
Jaar:
2014
URL:
http://limo.libis.be/KULeuven:PHYS_ITEMS:32LIBIS_ALMA_DS71176785650001471
Onderwerp:
Conversion Congresses
Initiation rites Religious aspects Congresses
Psychology, Religious Congresses
Church history Congresses
Christianity and other religions Greek Congresses
Christianity and other religions Roman Congresses
Religious education History Congresses
27 <063> Kerkgeschiedenis--Congressen
Conferences - Meetings
Taal:
Engels
Plaatsnummer:
ISBN:
9783631658512
9783653050820
Paginering:
311 pages 24 cm.
Reeks:
Early Christianity in the context of antiquity 16
Samenvatting:
In life and death: choice and conversion in the cult of Dionysos -- Becoming Christian in Carthage in the Age of Tertullian -- Conversion in the oldest Apocryphal acts -- Human and divine agency in conversion in apologetic writings of the second century: to dance with angels -- Ontological conversion: a description and analysis of two case studies from Tertullian's de Baptismo and Iamblichus' De mysteriis -- Agents of apostasy, delegates of disaffiliation -- Change and continuity: reading anew Augustine's conversion -- The devil is in the details' Hellenistic mystery initiation rites: bridge-burning or bridge-building? -- Conversion, conflict, and the drama of social reproduction: narratives of filial resistance in early Christianity and modern Britain -- There and back again: temporary immortality in the Mithras liturgy -- Identity formation through catechetical teaching in early Christianity -- The role of religious education in six of the pagan religions of the Hellenistic-Roman period -- Educating a Mithraist -- Observations on late antique rabbinic sources on instruction of would-be converts -- The role of philosophy and education in apologists' conversion to Christianity: the case of Justin and Tatian.
Nota:
Papers originally presented at a conference held in Ebeltoft, Denmark, December 1st-4th, 2012, at Aarhus University.
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