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Religious Thought in the Age of Hadrian

Religious Thought in the Age of Hadrian RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN THE AGE OF HADRIAN BY FRANCIS R. WALTON Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A. The religious thought of any brief period, such as the age of Hadrian, can never, of course, be isolated and defined as a seif- contained unit, even when the period in question is one of religious revolution or striking innovations. The age of Hadrian was not such a period. To well-born Romans of the time it must have seemed, in fact, rather an age of conservatism in religion, of revival and renewed adherence to the ancient and time-honored forms and practices - this, despite the ferment of Christianity working beneath the well-ordered surface of paganism, and, less obvious still, the more subtle virus of anti-rationalism that was sapping the strength of paganism at its core. To provide a suitable focus for our survey, we may concentrate on the key figure of the age, Hadrian himself. The scant literary evidence can in part be supplemented by the evidence of coins and inscriptions, enabling us to form some idea of his religious policies and activities, if not, with any degree of satisfaction, of his personal religious feelings, so variously reflected both in his bold assertion of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Numen Brill

Religious Thought in the Age of Hadrian

Walton, Francis R.
Numen , Volume 4 (1): 165 – Jan 1, 1957
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Brill
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© 1957 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0029-5973
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1568-5276
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10.1163/156852757X00103
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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN THE AGE OF HADRIAN BY FRANCIS R. WALTON Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A. The religious thought of any brief period, such as the age of Hadrian, can never, of course, be isolated and defined as a seif- contained unit, even when the period in question is one of religious revolution or striking innovations. The age of Hadrian was not such a period. To well-born Romans of the time it must have seemed, in fact, rather an age of conservatism in religion, of revival and renewed adherence to the ancient and time-honored forms and practices - this, despite the ferment of Christianity working beneath the well-ordered surface of paganism, and, less obvious still, the more subtle virus of anti-rationalism that was sapping the strength of paganism at its core. To provide a suitable focus for our survey, we may concentrate on the key figure of the age, Hadrian himself. The scant literary evidence can in part be supplemented by the evidence of coins and inscriptions, enabling us to form some idea of his religious policies and activities, if not, with any degree of satisfaction, of his personal religious feelings, so variously reflected both in his bold assertion of

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Published: Jan 1, 1957

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