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From Temple to Church: Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World)

By Johannes Hahn , Stephen Emmel , Ulrich Gotter

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Year
2008
ISBN
9004131418, 9789004131415
ISSN
0927-7633
LCC
BR127 .F76 2008
Google Books ID
D7kNQ-l2f3MC
Open Library ID
OL16679357M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3410285 bytes)
Series
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World volume 163
Pages
393\393
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Destruction of temples and their transformation into churches are central symbols of late antique change in religious environment, socio-political system, and public perception. Contemporaries were aware of these events' far-reaching symbolic significance and of their immediate impact as demonstrations of political power and religious conviction. Joined in any "temple-destruction" are the meaning of the monument, actions taken, and subsequent literary discourse. Paradigms of perception, specific interests, and forms of expression of quite various protagonists clashed. Archaeologists, historians, and historians of religion illuminate "temple-destruction" from different perspectives, analysing local configurations within larger contexts, both regional and imperial, in order to find an appropriate larger perspective on this phenomenon within the late antique movement "from temple to church".

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