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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/divine-saving-in-greek-and-chi
 nese-polytheism/
SUMMARY:Divine Saving in Greek and Chinese Polytheism
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n\nCo
 ntrary to the tendency to study ancient Mediterranean religions in isolati
 on from religions in the Far East\, this project brings together for the f
 irst time two world polytheistic systems: ancient Greece and premodern Chi
 na. It embraces Marcel Detienne’s call to ‘compare the incomparable’
 . In this seminar I will share the findings on one aspect of this project:
  divine saving. The central question is: how did worshippers in two major 
 polytheistic traditions imagine\, experience\, and represent the divine sa
 ving as they confronted the unknown and unknowable? I will look at the wid
 e-ranging power of the gods in the Greek and Chinese pantheons on the one 
 hand\, and worshippers’ religious beliefs\, practices and experience of 
 worshippers on the other. I hope also to shed light on the Greek and Chine
 se religious worldviews and perceptions of their gods\, and ultimately to 
 open up new questions for the study of both fields.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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