Francesco Massa, Les Cultes à mystères dans l’Empire romain. Païens et chrétiens en compétition
This engaging book studies the representation of mystery cults by Christian authors from the second to the fourth century. It has a double aim. On the one hand, it chronicles how Christian authors construct mystery cults as a single phenomenon that for them defines contemporary paganism. This Chris...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Kernos
2025
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | This engaging book studies the representation of mystery cults by Christian authors from the second to the fourth century. It has a double aim. On the one hand, it chronicles how Christian authors construct mystery cults as a single phenomenon that for them defines contemporary paganism. This Christian picture is responsible—through much later mediation of course—for the modern scholarly idea of mystery cults as a particular and distinct phenomenon in Greco-Roman religion. On the other hand,... |
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