Från antika kättarmunkar till religionsdebatter på Facebook: Några nedslag i heresins form och historia
This article argues that there are observable similarities between the way ancient heresiologists depicted their theological opponents and how religious people and religion as a phenomenon are described by contemporary anti-religion orators. The short study takes its departure from previous stu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Swedish |
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Bloms Boktryckeri
2022
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Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift
Year: 2022, Volume: 98, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-44 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Heresy
/ Critique of religion
/ History 0-400
/ History 2000-2021
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDH Christian sects |
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| Summary: | This article argues that there are observable similarities between the way ancient heresiologists depicted their theological opponents and how religious people and religion as a phenomenon are described by contemporary anti-religion orators. The short study takes its departure from previous studies on the Nag Hammadi texts and ancient heresiological discourse and ends with reflections on the parallels to how religion is debated in social media today. It is argued, by way of Zygmunt Bauman andUmberto Eco, that if we wish to understand the underlying mechanisms behind both ancient heresiological and contemporary anti-religious rhetorics, we can gain much by applying theories on the formation of individual and group ide |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.51619/stk.v98i1.23936 |