Theoretical Frameworks for the Study of Graeco-Roman Religions

Proceedings of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, Durban, South Africa, 2000.

Published: Jan 1, 2003

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Section	Chapter	Authors
Introduction
	Introduction	Panayotis Pachis
Chapter 1
	Euripides as Social Critic: The Morality of Revenge	Larry Alderink
Chapter 2
	Forgery, Propaganda and Power in Christian Antiquity: Some Methodological Remarks	Pier Beatrice
Chapter 3
	Canonical Representative of the Third Function in Rome Quirinus	Dominique Briquel
Chapter 4
	How to Write a Survey of Greek Religion from the Point of View of the Comparative Study of Religion	Giovanni Casadio
Chapter 5
	Cult and the Ancient Urban Landscape: A Case Study of Mithraism and Roman Topography	Alison Griffith
Chapter 6
	Literary Sources and Archaeological Evidence in the History of Early Roman Religion	Charles Guittard
Chapter 7
	Kingship and the Hellenistic Cosolidation of Religio-Political Power	Luther H. Martin
Chapter 8
	The Hellenistic Era as an Age of Propaganda: The Case of Isis' Cult	Panayotis Pachis
Chapter 9
	The Encounters of Novelty and Conservatism in Hellenistic Religion and Analogical Reasoning	Petra Pakkanen
Chapter 10
	The Teachings of Zosimos: A Micro-Level Study of Syncretism	Jonathan Peste
Chapter 11
	A Few Historical-Religious Frameworks for the Study of the Oriental Cults in the Roman Empire	Ennio Sanzi
Chapter 12
	Tempo della Storia e Tempo della Salvezza nello Gnosticismo	Giulia Gasparro
Chapter 13
	Becoming a Different Person: Baptism as an Initiation Ritual	Einar Thomassen