Franz Cumont a orientální náboženství: Koncept odsouzený k zániku?

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Title in English Franz Cumont and Oriental Religions: A Concept Beyond Salvage?
Authors

CHALUPA Aleš

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Religio: Revue pro religionistiku
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Philosophy and religion
Keywords Franz Cumont; Oriental Religions; Oriental Cults; Ancient Mystery Cults
Description The article tries to answer a question of whether the concept of Oriental religions introduced at the beginning of the 20th century by the Belgian scholar Franz Cumont can be preserved in a modified form as an analytical tool for the description and the study of Graeco-Roman religions. After a short survey of the problematic aspects in Cumont’s view which were justly criticised in recent scholarship an arguments is raised in favour of the opinion that in spite of these problems a modified category of Oriental cults should be preserved because the representatives included into this group have enough shared features which makes them distinctive in comparison with other religious cults or communities know from the Graeco-Roman world.
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