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Idolatry and the History of Religions

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DOI
10.7892/boris.86138
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http://www.dipscr.uniroma1.it/smsr-studi-e-materiali-di-storia-delle-religioni
Abstract
Idolatry is a key concept in the history of Western thinking about religion, as an all-encompassing category in which all religions more or less alien to the Christian tradition could be subsumed. From Late Antiquity to the Modern period, we can follow how the notion was put to work within Christian discourse to think about the religious “other. ” In fact, the word is almost ubiquitous in pre-modern debates on religion and the origins of religion. Theories on the nature and causes of “idolatry” framed much of the issue of “Religion” vs. the “religions,” and largely provided the conceptual space, in early modern Europe, in which religious anthropology would emerge. The present paper will investigate some aspects of the early modern discourse on idolatry, and its place in early modern discussions on the history of religions.
Idolatria è un concetto chiave nella storia intellettuale intorno alla religione in Occidente, quale categoria onnicomprensiva entro la quale tutte le religioni più o meno estranee alla tradizione cristiana possono essere comprese. Dalla Tarda antichità all’Età moderna possiamo osservare
come la nozione sia stata posta sotto scrutinio all’interno del discorso cristiano sull’“altro” religioso. Difatti, la parola è alquanto diffusa nelle dispute premoderne sulla religione e sulle origini della religione. Teorie sulla natura e sulle cause dell’“idolatria” hanno delineato notevolmente il tema della “Religione” vs. le “religioni”, e fornito ampiamente lo spazio
concettuale, nell’Europa moderna, dal quale l’antropologia religiosa e la storia delle religioni sono poi emerse. Il presente saggio intende indagare alcuni aspetti del discorso sull’idolatria e il suo posto nei dibattiti sulla storia delle religioni nella prima età moderna.
Date Issued
2016
Publication Type
Article
Subject(s)
200 Religion > 210 Philosophy & theory of religion
Language(s)
en
Author(s)
Barbu, Daniel Olivier  
Institut für Judaistik  
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Institut für Judaistik  
Journal
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni
Publisher
Editrice Morcelliana SpA
ISSN
0393-8417
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