Globalisation and religion in the roman world : tertullian's philosophical argument in Ad nationes and Apologeticum

• Autores: Ames, Cecilia
• Año de publicación: 2018
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: documento de conferencia
• Materia: Apología latina; Tertuliano; Cristianismo primitivo; Religión romana imperial
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Fil: Ames, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia; Argentina.
The Christian apologetic production has made use of the Greek and Roman philosophical tradition to substantiate and legitimize the expansion and imposition of Christianism as the new religion not only in the great imperial metropolises such as Rome and Constantinople, but also in the countless poleis and communities of the Roman Empire. Within this framework, Latin Patrology and, especially, the writings of Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (Carthage, 160-220 AD) provide rich information to analyze and discuss some of the issues related to the 30th International Conference of Philosophy: Polis, Cosmopolis and Globalization, for the process of diffusion and consolidation of Christianism is a path that goes through those three different stages. Jesus's religion, in its beginnings, is just another religion among the plurality and diversity of religions across the cities of the Roman Empire, where each city defines its own cults andthese cults can differ from one city to another, hence in polytheistic systems one speaks of "polis religion". Due to its claims of universality and exclusivity as the only true religion, Christianism becomes the official religion of the Empire based on the great metropolises, Constantinople-Rome, which promotes the expansionall over the Empire and lays the foundations of a globalization process. In this context, Tertullian´s arguments in favor of a unique universal religion stands out. And that will the topic of the present paper.
Fil: Ames, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia; Argentina.
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