Early Christianity and Ancient Astrology
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- 21st century
- Language: English
Early Christianity and Ancient Astrology explores a variety of responses to astrology, the most popular form of divination among early Christians in Greco-Roman antiquity. After a brief overview of ancient astrological theory and a survey of polemical responses to it, this book documents instances in which early Christian writers and communities incorporated astrology positively into their beliefs and practices. This study is of interest to students of early Christianity and of Greco-Roman religion and to those concerned with interfaith relations or with issues of Christian unity and diversity. It is particularly recommended for use in courses on the history of Christianity and on the religions of Greco-Roman antiquity.
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology and Divination and oracles.
Controlled discovery queries from crossref, doab, library-of-congress, oapen, and openalex matched “astrology”. Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the title, “astrological” in the description, “Astrology” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
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2 editions cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crossref publisher-supplied book record 410; Bern | 2007-03-30 | Peter Lang International Academic Publishers; Peter Lang US | English |
| Open access | |
Library of Congress digitized edition | 2007 | — | English | — | Public digital item |
Subjects
- History
- Social Sciences
- Philosophy
- Arts and Humanities
- Art
- Astrology
- Divination
- Literature
- Archeology
- Christianity
- Physical Sciences
- Astrologie
- Religious studies
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Ancient history
- Classics
- Physics and Astronomy
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Literatur
- Historical and Architectural Studies
- Historical Astronomy and Related Studies
- Ancient
- History of Religion
- Early church, ca. 30-600
- Frühchristentum
- Social and cultural history
- History and Archaeology
- Early Christianity
- Theology, Doctrinal
- Late antiquity
- New Testament
- CE period up to c 1500
- greco-roman religion
- Early
- Hegedus
- Church Father
- Inter-faith relation
- Early Christian diversity
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- 20.500.12854/94245
- Library of Congress
- 2021758350
- OAPEN
- 20.500.12657/59693
- OpenAlex
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- OpenAlexW632578673 (opens in a new tab)
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