RELIGION: ANTIQUITY AND ITS LEGACY
Book ID/图书代码： 06545014B67294
English Summary/英文概要： What is a religion? What triggered the spontaneous development of distinct religions throughout the ancient world? How do religions evoke the ultimate realities they claim to address? Such questions are as evergreen as belief itself. The Hellenistic and Roman worlds were a fertile seedbed of the monotheistic faiths that dominate today’s western image of religion, as well as many global conflicts. In this concise and elegant overview, Jorg Rupke addresses the similarities and differences of religions in antiquity, tracing their sometimes complex lineage into modern systems of belief. Greek and Roman religion is discussed not in isolation, but in the broader context of western Asia and Egypt. The author also addresses developments relating to early Islam on the south-eastern margins of the Byzantine Empire.
Examining such topics as the functions of priests and religious functionaries; religious individualism; the relationship between religion and political identity; the acceptance of the pagan Julian calendar by Christians; and contrasting ancient and modern understandings of divination, Rupke shows that study of pre-modern culture enables us more daringly to explore the contemporary religious world.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 什么是宗教?什么触发各自不同发展的古代宗教?宗教如何博得最终所宣扬的解决所有实践现实问题的?这些问题如信仰本身一样驻留在人们心中。希腊和罗马世界的肥沃的文化土壤创造的一神论信仰主导了当今西方宗教的思想,并引发了全球许多地地区的冲突。在这篇简洁而优美的概述中, 本书的作者Jorg Rupke细述了古代宗教的之间的异同之处,追溯了这些融入现代系统的信念中的些许复杂分支。探讨了在西亚和埃及的大背景下，希腊和罗马宗教并非孤立。作者还提到有关早期伊斯兰教一直发展至拜占庭帝国东南部边际。
作者还研究了诸如祭司的功能和宗教官员的作用这类话题; 宗教个人主义; 宗教和政治身分之间的关系;基督教对异教徒Julian的接收; 并对比了古代和现代对占卜的理解， Rupke表示前现代文化的研究可以使我们更为大胆地探索当代宗教世界。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Jorg Rupke是埃尔福特大学比较宗教学的教授。他之前发表的作品包括：《罗马人的宗教》，《罗马宗教手册》和《Fasti Sacerdotum: A Prosopography of Pagan, Jewish》和《在罗马的基督教宗教官员：公元前300年到公元499年》Jorg Rupke is Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Erfurt. His previous books include Religion of the Romans, A Companion to Roman Religion and Fasti Sacerdotum: A Prosopography of Pagan, Jewish, and Christian Religious Officials in the City of Rome, 300 BC to AD 499.
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