Religions and religious teachings do not descend from heaven, but rather grow out of certain distinct situations. Religious beliefs point toward concrete surroundings and forms of life that they in turn mirror.This cultural history shows how a Jewish movement surrounding the person of Jesus and later Greek Christianity became a unified Roman state religion still bearing the legacy of antique culture. This volume attempts to translate Christian tenets and beliefs into modern and post-modern terms. In this sense it also offers a new hermeneutics of belief.
- ISBN10 3525540035
- ISBN13 9783525540039
- Publish Date 20 August 2008
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 232
- Language German