Theorizing Religion in Antiquity - Nickolas P. Roubekas

Theorizing Religion in Antiquity - Nickolas P. Roubekas

1. The Present and Future of Ancient Religion

Theorizing Religion in Antiquity - Nickolas P. Roubekas

Brent Nongbri [+-]
Aarhus University
Brent Nongbri is Visiting Associate Professor of New Testament Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark. Previously he was an Australian Research Council postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University, Australia, and has held teaching positions at Oberlin College and Yale University. He is the author of Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept (Yale University Press, 2013) and several articles on the earliest copies of the New Testament preserved on ancient Greek papyri from Egypt. His research interests center on methodological problems in the study of religion and the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean world.

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Nongbri presents the core arguments made in each chapter, while also reflecting on the overall nature of the vast and quite complex field of ‘ancient religions,’ paying attention to the very terminology that is traditionally employed in studies dealign with the religions of the ancient world.

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Nongbri, Brent. 1. The Present and Future of Ancient Religion. Theorizing Religion in Antiquity. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 1-8 May 2019. ISBN 9781781793572. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=27961. Date accessed: 19 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.27961. May 2019

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