Ancient Greek Atheism?: A Note on Terminological Anachronisms in the Study of Ancient Greek ‘Religion’

During the last forty years, religion as a concept has bedeviled scholars not only in defining the term, which certainly goes way back in history, but also regarding its applicability as a first-order scholarly tool. Some have argued to dismiss the term altogether, others have sough to re-approach h...

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Published in:Ciências da religião história e sociedade
Main Author: Roubekas, Nickolas P. 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ed. Mackenzie 2014
In: Ciências da religião história e sociedade
Year: 2014, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 224-241
Further subjects:B Translation
B ancient Greek religion
B Atheism
B Religious Criticism
B Anachronisms
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