Shaping the "Divine Man"

Holiness, Charisma and Leadership in the Graeco-Roman World
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-515-13398-2
Verlag: Franz Steiner

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 654 g

Reihe: Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge

This book deals with the intersection between religion, philosophy, and politics in the Graeco-Roman world, and especially in Late Antiquity, with special reference to the figure alluded to in ancient sources with the expression "theios aner". Charisma and leadership are basic elements of this notion: its literary, historical, and ideological context and the different interpretations of holiness and sanctity in a sociopolitical or educative community are researched in this collective endeavour. The scholarly contributions are organized along three sections – 'Holiness', 'Charisma and Leadership', and 'Transmission and Reception' – aiming at an overall analysis of the patterns involving charismatic leadership of the intellectual and spiritual figures in the sources and its socio-political context, with the central axis of Late Antiquity. Thus, together with some methodological considerations, this book examines some well-known figures of holiness and attempts to offer a panoramic, transdisciplinary, and comparative view of their cultural and intellectual context, and to determine what socio-political role they had.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alviz Fernández, Marco

Hernández de la Fuente, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Hernández de la Fuente, David
David Hernández de la Fuente, PhD in Classical Philology (2005) and PhD in Social History (2011). Currently he is Full Professor of Greek Philology at the Department of Classics at Complutense University of Madrid. His main research lines are Literature and Society in Late Antiquity, Greek Religion and Mythology and History of Platonism.

Alviz Fernández, Marco
Marco Alviz Fernández, PhD in Ancient History. Currently he is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Ancient History of Complutense University of Madrid. His main research lines are Graeco-Roman religion, culture, and society in Late Antiquity.