TY  - GEN
AU  - John Scheid
TI  - Religion, Institutions and Society in Ancient Rome
SN  - 9782722602663
PY  - 2013///
PB  - Collège de France
KW  - institutions
KW  - ancient history
KW  - archeology
KW  - religion
KW  - history of religions
N1  - Open Access
N2  - By opposing sectarian discourses with the universal weapons of history, philology and anthropology, in short, the entire arsenal of science and reason, the history of religions of the past enables us to deflate modern myths, and not only those of others but also our own. It allows us to identify the projection, in the imaginary past, of the “origins” of nationalist, religious or racist fantasies, and to disarm exaggerated interpretations of the sacred texts. Within nations inherited from the
UR  - http://books.openedition.org/cdf/3009
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/58134
ER  -