Barbarian philosophy: the religious revolution of early Christianity
Das Christentum entstand als eine radikale religiöse Bewegung im römischen Reich. Dieses neue Konzept hatte dramatische soziale und anthropologische Auswirkungen und prägte die Wahrnehmungen im Mittelalter. Aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln untersucht Guy G. Stroumsa die Radikalität einiger früher chri...
| Résumé: | Das Christentum entstand als eine radikale religiöse Bewegung im römischen Reich. Dieses neue Konzept hatte dramatische soziale und anthropologische Auswirkungen und prägte die Wahrnehmungen im Mittelalter. Aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln untersucht Guy G. Stroumsa die Radikalität einiger früher christlicher Glaubensrichtungen und ihre dialektische Umwandlung in den ersten Jahrhunderten. Er betrachtet die Einstellung von Christen gegenüber Nichtchristen und die Entwicklung der Intoleranz in der späten Antike. Darüberhinaus zeigt er den extremen Charakter der dualistischen Tendenzen, deren Rolle mit einer 'Revolution innerhalb der Revolution' verglichen werden kann.InhaltsübersichtRadical religionEarly Christianity as radical religion – The Christian hermeneutical revolution and its double helix – Celsus, Origen, and the nature of religion – Philosophy of the barbarians: the birth of Christian ethnology Living with the otherInternalization and intolerance in early Christianity – Tertullian on idolatry: the limits of tolerance – Religious contacts in Byzantine Palestine – From anti-judaism to anti-semitism in early Christianity? Shaping the personFrom repentance to penance: Tertullians' de poenitentia – caro salutis cardo: shaping the person in early Christianity – Dreams and magic among pagans and Christians – Dreams and visions in early Christianity – Madness and Divinization: Simeon the Holy Fool Radical dualismGnostic justice and antinomianism: Epiphanes' On Justice – Jewish and Gnostic trends among the Audians – Purification and its discontents: Mani's rejection of baptism – Mani's two souls EnvoiMystical Jerusalems In the Roman Empire, Christianity came into being as a radical religious movement. This new concept of religion offered dramatic social and anthropological implications and shaped medieval perceptions.Guy G. Stroumsa examines from various angles the radical nature of some of the early Christian beliefs and their dialectical transformation in the first centuries. He looks at the attitudes of Christians to non-Christians and the growth of intolerance in late antiquity. In addition he shows the extreme character of dualist trends, the role of which can be compared to 'a revolution within the revolution'.Survey of contentsRadical religionEarly Christianity as radical religion – The Christian hermeneutical revolution and its double helix – Celsus, Origen, and the nature of religion – Philosophy of the barbarians: the birth of Christian ethnology Living with the otherInternalization and intolerance in early Christianity – Tertullian on idolatry: the limits of tolerance – Religious contacts in Byzantine Palestine – From anti-judaism to anti-semitism in early Christianity? Shaping the personFrom repentance to penance: Tertullians' de poenitentia – caro salutis cardo: shaping the person in early Christianity – Dreams and magic among pagans and Christians – Dreams and visions in early Christianity – Madness and Divinization: Simeon the Holy Fool Radical dualismGnostic justice and antinomianism: Epiphanes' On Justice – Jewish and Gnostic trends among the Audians – Purification and its discontents: Mani's rejection of baptism – Mani's two souls EnvoiMystical Jerusalems |
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| Description matérielle: | Online-Ressource (XII, 345 S.) |
| ISBN: | 3161574664 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/978-3-16-157466-5 |