UID:
edocfu_9959232431802883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 307 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-674-04069-4
Content:
Dale Martin provides a detailed genealogy of the idea of superstition, its history over eight centuries, from classical Greece to the Christianized Roman Empire of the fourth century C.E.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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1 Superstitious Christians --
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2 Problems of Definition --
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3 Inventing Deisidaimonia --
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4 Dealing with Disease --
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5 Solidifying a New Sensibility --
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6 Diodorus Siculus and the Failure of Philosophy --
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7 Cracks in the Philosophical System --
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8 Galen on the Necessity of Nature and the Theology of Teleology --
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9 Roman Superstitio and Roman Power --
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10 Celsus and the Attack on Christianity --
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11 Origen and the Defense of Christianity --
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12 The Philosophers Turn --
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13 Turning the Tables --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Works Cited --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-01534-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-02407-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674040694
