Humm Psychology of Prophecy in Early Christianity

Prophetism and religious altered states of consciousness
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4632-1682-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 290 Seiten

Reihe: Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought

Dr. Humm analyses early Christian prophetic activity seeking to understand the psychological states behind it. A system of categories is suggested based on the external appearances and subjective claims of modern phenomena. Assuming that the ancients followed the same patterns, most instances described in early Christian literature are reviewed and categorized.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Humm, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- List of Illustrations (page 7)
- Acknowledgments (page 9)
- Abbreviations (page 11)
- Modern (page 11)
- Ancient (page 12)
- Introduction: the problem(s) (page 15)
- 1 Definitions (page 21)
- Category systems (page 23)
- Traditional categories (page 24)
- Sociological categories (page 28)
- Psychological categories (page 45)
- Ancient Terminology (page 63)
- Hellenistic Greek terminology (page 63)
- Hellenistic Jewish terminology (page 79)
- 2 Early Christianity (page 87)
- 3 The post-apostolic age (page 119)
- From about 80 to 150 CE (page 119)
- From about 150 to 200 CE (page 143)
- The Proto-unorthodox (page 143)
- Proto-orthodox (page 157)
- The New Prophecy (page 166)
- Later third century (page 195)
- Decline (page 201)
- 4 Charting the seas (page 207)
- 5 Reflections and Prognostications (page 217)
- Appendix 1: Glossary (page 221)
- Appendix 2: Montanist Prophecies (page 227)
- Bibliography (page 233)
- Index (page 281)