Fons Vitae
Bapteme, Baptisteres et Rites dinitiation (IIe-VIe siecle)
by Fabrizio Bisconti, Anne-Francoise Jaccottet, Luc Renaut, Serena Romano, Paolo Siniscalco, Jean-Michel Spieser, Marina Falla Castelfranchi, Ivan Foletti and edited by Serena Romano and Ivan Foletti
Paperback (Published)
(February 2009)
ISBN: 9788883343643
Price: $35.00
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Les ecrits, dont le present volume est compose, se developpent autour d’un noyau central: les modalites et les conditions a partir desquelles s’est developpe le rite d’initiation chretien, le bapteme. Il s’agit d’un moment historique ou se croisent les mouvements religieux et culturels les plus disparates, tels les cultes de Dionysos ou de Mitra, mais aussi du christianisme naissant. Reunis dans ce livre, les travaux de plusieurs chercheurs mettent en avant des relations inattendues mais aussi d’importants contrastes entre les cultures des differentes religions, et au sein meme du christianisme. C’est precisement a l’interieur de cette complexe culture de l’Antiquite tardive que va se former ce langage textuel et figuratif qui finira par s’affirmer dans le monde chretien. I saggi qui raccolti si sviluppano attorno ad un problema centrale: le modalita e le condizioni in cui e nato e si e affermato il rito d’iniziazione cristiana, il battesimo. Si tratta di un momento storico percorso da correnti religiose e da culture disparate, che vanno dai culti di Dioniso e di Mitra al primo cristianesimo. Le ricerche di sette studiosi mettono in luce affinita insospettate ma anche profonde differenze sia tra i culti e le liturgie delle diverse religioni che in seno al cristianesimo stesso. All’interno di questa complessa cultura tardoantica va delineandosi un linguaggio testuale e figurativo che finira per affermarsi nel mondo cristiano.
- By (author) Fabrizio Bisconti
- By (author) Marina Falla Castelfranchi
- By (author) Ivan Foletti
- By (author) Anne-Francoise Jaccottet
- By (author) Luc Renaut
- By (author) Serena Romano
- By (author) Paolo Siniscalco
- By (author) Jean-Michel Spieser
- Edited by Ivan Foletti
- Edited by Serena Romano
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