Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion

Book Overview

Studied for many years by scholars with Christianising assumptions, Greek religion has often been said to be quite unlike Christianity: a matter of particular actions (orthopraxy), rather than particular beliefs (orthodoxies). This volume dares to think that, both in and through religious practices and in and through religious thought and literature, the ancient Greeks engaged in a sustained conversation about the nature of the gods and how to represent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107153476
• ISBN13: 9781107153479
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.9"