Personal Religion Among the Greeks

Sather Classical Lectures

by André-Jean Festugière

The author discerns two distinct currents of personal religion, which he illustrates through striking instances of faith on the part of individual popular piety, or the indirect approach to God through saints, idols, and images as intermediaries; and reflective piety, which seeks direct and immediate union with God himself.

Genres: Religion

194 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1954

About the author

"Le père André Jean Festugière (1898-1982) a été en France l'un des plus grands spécialistes de l'étude de l'Antiquité tardive. Entré dans l'ordre des Dominicains en 1924, après avoir appartenu à l'École française de Rome (1921) puis à celle d'Athènes (1922), il se consacre à l'analyse de la pensée grecque (« L'Idéal religieux des Grecs et l'Évangile », 1932

Reviews

[Carol]

This book gives a fascinating new interpretation of Platonic thought as seen in the Timaeus, Laws and Epinomious. It gives very thought definitions of fundamental terms and really makes the basic distinction between the civil public religion of the Greeks and their personal spirituality. A very thoughtful and thought provoking book.