عنوان

Arresting Alternatives

شماره

LA122893

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Arresting Alternatives

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Marika Rauhala

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Ancient Greek descriptions of ecstatic and mystic rituals, here broadly labeled as Bacchantic worship, regularly include elements of moral corruption and dissolution of social unity. Suspicions were mostly directed against unofficial cult groups that exploited Dionysiac experiences in secluded settings. As the introduction of copious new cults attests, Greek religion was receptive to external influences. This basic openness, however, was not synonymous with tolerance, and pious respect for all deities did not automatically include their worshippers. This article reconsiders the current view of ancient religious intolerance by regarding these negative stereotypes as expressions of prejudice and by investigating the social dynamics behind them. Prejudices against private Bacchantic groups are regarded as part of the process of buttressing the religious authority of certain elite quarters in situations where they perceive that their position is being threatened by rival claims. It is suggested that both the accentuation and alleviation of prejudice is best understood in relation to the relative stability of the elite and the religious control it exerted. Ancient Greek descriptions of ecstatic and mystic rituals, here broadly labeled as Bacchantic worship, regularly include elements of moral corruption and dissolution of social unity. Suspicions were mostly directed against unofficial cult groups that exploited Dionysiac experiences in secluded settings. As the introduction of copious new cults attests, Greek religion was receptive to external influences. This basic openness, however, was not synonymous with tolerance, and pious respect for all deities did not automatically include their worshippers. This article reconsiders the current view of ancient religious intolerance by regarding these negative stereotypes as expressions of prejudice and by investigating the social dynamics behind them. Prejudices against private Bacchantic groups are regarded as part of the process of buttressing the religious authority of certain elite quarters in situations where they perceive that their position is being threatened by rival claims. It is suggested that both the accentuation and alleviation of prejudice is best understood in relation to the relative stability of the elite and the religious control it exerted.

تاريخ نشر

2019

توصيف ظاهري

1-55

عنوان

Numen

شماره جلد

66/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5276

اصطلاح موضوعی

ancient Greek religion

اصطلاح موضوعی

Bacchantic worship

اصطلاح موضوعی

religious authority

اصطلاح موضوعی

religious prejudice

اصطلاح موضوعی

religious rivalry

اصطلاح موضوعی

unofficial cult groups

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Marika Rauhala

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15685276-12341513

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y