How about Pantheism in Ancient Greek Religion?

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作者
Pakkanen, Petra [1 ]
机构
[1] Finnish Archaeol Inst Athens, Athens, Greece
来源
NUMEN-INTERNATIONAL REVIEW FOR THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS | 2024年 / 71卷 / 04期
关键词
ancient Greek religion; pantheism; ancient Greek philosophy of religion; henotheism; monotheism; animism;
D O I
10.1163/15685276-20240013
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K [历史、地理];
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06 ;
摘要
Ancient Greek religion has been very rarely studied with reference to pantheism. This article proposes that we should introduce pantheism as an additional interpretive strategy to understand Greek religion. This presupposes addressing the relationship between the interpretations of doxa (theology), discussion about the nature of divine unity in antiquity (philosophy), and religious cult praxis. The main conceptual arguments underlined in refutations of pantheism are discussed. This is followed by a brief survey of the more frequently discussed monotheism and henotheism in Greek religion. The main part of the article presents pantheistic trends in Greek religion, including philosophical argumentation, pantheistic expressions in mythology and in cultic life. It is found that Greek religion exhibits views that can be regarded as pantheistic: gods were immanent rather than transcendent, everything could potentially participate in divine reality, and the boundaries between divine, human, and nature were not exclusive but permeable and fluid.
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