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Article Dans Une Revue Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions Année : 2018

The conversion of shrines, a metaphor for the conversion of people

La conversion des lieux de culte, métaphore de la conversion des populations

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Studying the transformation of public temples into churches allows us to appreciate the relationship between political power and religious conversion, for these temples were under the jurisdiction of the imperial or municipal authorities. From the beginning of the fourth century to the end of the sixth century , there was a great variety of situations and narratives in their regard. Throughout the fourth century, ancient writers who mentioned the conversion of temples into churches tended to downplay or conceal rather than emphasize the process of transformation. After the middle of the fifth century, narratives about conversion were more assertive, presenting it either as conquest or as the result of a harmonious succession illustrating the appropriation of "pagan" elements by Christians. During the same period, a shift from exclusively imperial control to control by local authorities occurred. The complexity of the conversion of places of worship hence reflects the complexity of the process of conversion of the Roman society as a whole.

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Claire Sotinel. La conversion des lieux de culte, métaphore de la conversion des populations. Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions, 2018, Signes et scènes de la conversion dans l'espace public (Antiquité-période moderne), 182, pp.29-48. ⟨10.4000/assr.38653⟩. ⟨hal-04338880⟩

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