New antiquities : transformations of ancient religion in the new age and beyond / edited by Dylan Michael Burns and Almut-Barbara Renger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burns, Dylan M., editor.

Renger, Almut-Barbara, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religions.

New Age movement.

Physical Description:

vi, 311 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2019.

Summary:

Just as we speak of "dead" languages, we say that religions "die out." Yet sometimes, people try to revive them, today more than ever. 'New Antiquities' addresses this phenomenon through critical examination of how individuals and groups appeal to, reconceptualize, and reinvent the religious world of the ancient Mediterranean as they attempt to legitimize developments in contemporary religious culture and associated activity. 0Drawing from the disciplines of religious studies, archaeology, history, philology, and anthropology, this book explores a diversity of cultic and geographic milieus, ranging from Goddess Spirituality to Neo-Gnosticism, from rural Oregon to the former Yugoslavia. As a survey of the reception of ancient religious works, figures, and ideas in later twentieth-century and contemporary alternative religious practice, New Antiquities will interest classicists, Egyptologists, and historians of religion of many stripes, particularly those focused on modern Theosophy, Gnosticism, Neopaganism, New Religious Movements, Magick, and Occulture.

Contents:

Introduction : What are new antiquities? / Dylan M. Burns, Almut-Barbara Renger

From Aphrodite to Kuan Yin : the Tao of Venus and its modern genealogy : invoking ancient goddesses in cosm(et)ic acupuncture / Almut-Barbara Renger

Ancient goddesses for modern times or new goddesses from ancient times? / Meret Fehlmann

The artifice of Daidalos : modern Minoica as religious focus in contemporary paganism / Caroline Tully

Transforming deities : modern pagan projects of revival and reinvention / Kathryn Rountree

Archaeology, historicity, and homosexuality in the new cultus of Antinous : perceptions of the past in a contemporary pagan religion / Ethan Doyle White

Reading history with the Essenes of Elmira / Anne Kreps

The Jungian gnosticism of the ecclesia gnostica / Olav Hammer

The impact of scholarship on contemporary "gnosticism(s)" : a case study on the apostolic Johannite church and Jeremy Puma / Matthew J. Dillon

Studying the "gnostic Bible" : Samael Aun Weor and the Pistis Sophia / Franz Winter

Binding images : the contemporary use and efficacy of late antique ritual sigils, spirit-beings, and design elements / Jay Johnston

(Neo-)Bogomil legends : the gnosticizing Bogomils of the twentieth-century Balkans / Dylan M. Bums, Nemanja Radulović.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: What Are New Antiquities? / Almut-Barbara Renger

2. "From Aphrodite to Kuan Yin"

-"The Tao of Venus" and its Modern Genealogy: Invoking Ancient Goddesses in Cosm(et)ic Acupuncture / Almut-Barbara Renger

3. Ancient Goddesses for Modern Times or New Goddesses from Ancient Times? / Meret Fehlmann

4. The Artifice of Daidalos: Modern Minoica as Religious Focus in Contemporary Paganism / Caroline Tully

5. Transforming Deities: Modern Pagan Projects of Revival and Reinvention / Kathryn Rountree

6. Archaeology, Historicity, and Homosexuality in the New Cultus of Antinous: Perceptions of the Past in a Contemporary Pagan Religion / Ethan Doyle White

7. Reading History with the Essenes of Elmira / Anne Kreps

8. The Jungian Gnosticism of the Ecclesia Gnostica / Olav Hammer

9. The Impact of Scholarship on Contemporary "Gnosticism(s)": A Case Study on the Apostolic Johannite Church and Jeremy Puma / Matthew J. Dillon

10. Studying the "Gnostic Bible": Samael Aun Weor and the Pistis Sophia / Franz Winter

11. Binding Images: The Contemporary Use and Efficacy of Late Antique Ritual Sigils, Spirit-Beings, and Design Elements / Jay Johnston

12. (Neo-)Bogomil Legends: The Gnosticizing Bogomils of the Twentieth-Century Balkans / Nemanja Radulovic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: New antiquities.

ISBN:

9781800501065

1800501064

9781781795040

1781795045

OCLC:

1004261457

Publisher Number:

99990971181