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28 mar 2008 · The importance of the religion of place is illustrated by an episode from Livy's History of Rome, written in the early 20s B.C. After the sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390 B.C., there was a proposal that the Romans should migrate to the newly conquered Veii, rather than rebuild Rome.
28 gru 2020 · Monoteizm stał się kluczowym elementem historii tzw. zachodniej cywilizacji. Na przestrzeni wieków to właśnie religia monoteistyczna, jaką jest chrześcijaństwo, spajała w różnych kwestiach kulturę Europy i sprzyjała jej rozwojowi.
To find a new understanding of these very profound changes in religious history, analysis is needed: first, what were the fundamental differences between pagan traditionalism and the competing religions, and, second, how did relations between religious groups change over time.
The message is clear: compared to the more spiritual character of monotheism, Roman religion was transactional, legalistic, and based on social models of reciprocity and justice.
This article sketches the main lines of change in the religious life of the region ruled by the Romans, including much of Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa, from the later Republic (c. 200 bce–c. 31 bce) into the earlier centuries of the Roman Empire (down to the 4th centuryce).
Monoteizm to pogląd, że istnieje tylko jeden taki Bóg. Wyznaniami monoteistycznymi są trzy religie określane jako abrahamiczne: judaizm, chrześcijaństwo i islam, a także nowe religie powstałe na ich gruncie, takie jak sikhizm, rastafari, babizm i bahaizm.
Rome’s own legends and history show a receptivity to foreign cults and alien sects of a bewildering variety of types. A receptivity to adherents of Judaism, by comparison, was simply business as usual. It fit a consistent pattern of Roman indifference, religious pluralism – and supreme self-confidence.
