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Review article: Beyond the polis? New approaches to Greek religion

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Date
2015
Author
Harrison, Tom
Keywords
Polis-religion
Belief
Theology
Ritual
Inconsistency
D051 Ancient History
DF Greece
T-NDAS
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Abstract
This article reviews a range of important recent work on Greek religion. It looks first at the critique (common to a number of the books under review) of the polis-religion model associated with Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood and then attempts to draw out a number of emerging themes: a comparative approach, a focus on the gods or on individual worshippers and a cognitive perspective. It then examines in more detail the application of the terms ‘belief’ or ‘theology’ to the field of Greek religion and the extent to which any picture of Greek religious experience may be said to be logically coherent, before looking forward to possible future directions of study.
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Harrison , T 2015 , ' Review article: Beyond the polis? New approaches to Greek religion ' , Journal of Hellenic Studies , vol. 135 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426915000129
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Journal of Hellenic Studies
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426915000129
ISSN
0075-4269
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2015. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0075426915000129
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7839

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