One God

Pagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire

By: Stephen Mitchell (Editor), Peter Van Nuffelen (Editor)

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Hardcover | 29 April 2010

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Graeco-Roman religion in its classic form was polytheistic; on the other hand, monotheistic ideas enjoyed wide currency in ancient philosophy. This contradiction provides a challenge for our understanding of ancient pagan religion. Certain forms of cult activity, including acclamations of `one god' and the worship of Theos Hypsistos, the highest god, have sometimes been interpreted as evidence for pagan monotheism. This book discusses pagan monotheism in its philosophical and intellectual context, traces the evolution of new religious ideas in the time of the Roman Empire, and evaluates the usefulness of the term `monotheism' as a way of understanding these developments in later antiquity outside the context of Judaism and Christianity. In doing so, it establishes a new framework for understanding the relationship between polytheistic and monotheistic religious cultures between the first and fourth centuries AD.

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'Whether or not one finds the term pagan monotheism useful, and I do, this volume is ... extraordinarily effective in conveying the continuities between paganism, ancient Judaism and Christianity.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History European History Religion & Beliefs Religion History of Religion Aspects of Religion for Non-Christians Theology Earliest Times to Present Day Ancient History to the Year 500

Preface and acknowledgements	p. vii
List of abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction: the debate about pagan monotheism	p. 1
Pagan monotheism as a religious phenomenon	p. 16
Pagan ritual and monotheism	p. 34
The case for pagan monotheism in Greek and Graeco-Roman antiquity	p. 53
Monotheism between cult and politics: the themes of the ancient debate between pagan and Christian monotheism	p. 82
The price of monotheism: some new observations on a current debate about late antiquity	p. 100
Megatheism: the search for the almighty god and the competition of cults	p. 112
Deus deum... summorum maximus (Apuleius): ritual expressions of distinction in the divine world in the imperial period	p. 141
Further thoughts on the cult of Theos Hypsistos	p. 167
Bibliography	p. 209
General index	p. 231
Index of authors, works and citations	p. 233
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