After Life in Roman Paganism: Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation
Dec 2005 · Wipf and Stock Publishers
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"At least we can distinguish the principal phases of the religious movement which caused imperial society to pass from incredulity to certain forms of belief in immortality, forms at first somewhat crude but afterwards loftier, and we can see where the movement led. The change was a capital one and transformed for the ancients the whole conception of life. The axis about which morality revolved had to be shifted when ethics no long sought, as in earlier Greek philosophy, to realise the sovereign good on this earth but looked for it after death."
-from the Introduction
Contents
Preface
Historical Introduction
1. After Life in the Tomb
2. The Nether World
3. Celestial Immortality
4. The Winning of Immortality
5. Untimely Death
6. The Journey to the Beyond
7. The Sufferings of Hell and Metempsychosis
8. The Felicity of the Blessed
-from the Introduction
Contents
Preface
Historical Introduction
1. After Life in the Tomb
2. The Nether World
3. Celestial Immortality
4. The Winning of Immortality
5. Untimely Death
6. The Journey to the Beyond
7. The Sufferings of Hell and Metempsychosis
8. The Felicity of the Blessed
"At least we can distinguish the principal phases of the religious movement which caused imperial society to pass from incredulity to certain forms of belief in immortality, forms at first somewhat crude but afterwards loftier, and we can see where the movement led. The change was a capital one a...
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Franz Cumont (1868-1947) was a Belgian archaeologist, linguist, and historian of ancient religions. He was Professor at the University of Ghent and later curator of the Brussels Royal Museum. His major works include 'The Mysteries of Mithra,' 'The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism,' and 'Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans.'
Franz Cumont (1868-1947) was a Belgian archaeologist, linguist, and historian of ancient religions. He was Professor at the University of Ghent and later curator of the Brussels Royal Museum. His major works include 'The Mysteries of Mithra,' 'The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism,' and 'Astro...
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