Transformations of Ancient Religion in the New Age and Beyond
by Dylan Michael Burns, Freie Universität BerlinAlmut-Barbara Renger, Freie Universität Berlin (Volume Editors)
Just as we speak of “dead” languages, we say that religions “die out.” Yet sometimes, people try to revive them, today more than ever. New Antiquities addresses this phenomenon through critical examination of how individuals and groups appeal to, reconceptualize, and reinvent the religious world of the ancient world as they attempt to legitimize developments in contemporary religious culture and associated activity.
Drawing from the disciplines of religious studies, archaeology, history, philology, and anthropology, New Antiquities explores a diversity of cultic and geographic milieus, As a survey of the reception of ancient religious works, figures, and ideas in later twentieth-century and contemporary alternative religious practice, this book will interest classicists, Egyptologists, and historians of religion of many stripes, particularly those focused on modern Theosophy, Gnosticism, Neopaganism, New Religious Movements, Magick, and Occulture.
LIBRARY COLLECTIONS Ancient Worlds Complete Collection New Religious Movements, Paganisms & Western Esotericism Theory & Method ACCESS Authorized users can access the eBook using institutional credentials or personal password via the Read PDF button. Selected chapters are included in other Collections ( Christianity, South & East Asia) as designated; access through tabs.
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