Timeline for Why didn't early modern Christians object to pagan symbolism in art?
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| Jan 12, 2019 at 18:15 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 22, 2017 at 2:54 | answer | added | user26763 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 21, 2017 at 14:07 | answer | added | Luiz | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jul 18, 2016 at 21:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackHistory/status/755145541382725632 | ||
| Jul 18, 2016 at 20:18 | answer | added | Denis de Bernardy | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jul 18, 2016 at 18:17 | comment | added | Unrelated | Also, Christian fundamentalism, at least as we know it, is a more recent phenomenon. It was (correct me if wrong) an American response to liberal academic Christianity, especially Germany. Of course, extreme piety has existed throughout history, but your experience growing up doesn't necessarily reflect historical Christianity | |
| Jul 18, 2016 at 18:13 | comment | added | Unrelated | With @KenGraham, my first thoughts go to the incorporation of pagan traditions and symbols as conversion tactics—celebrating Christmas on the winter solstice, portraying Jesus as Apollo, etc., to make the faith more familiar and palatable to more people. That, however, was/is a tactic, taken by leadership. I have never before considered the response from believers. | |
| Jul 18, 2016 at 15:52 | comment | added | Ken Graham | I do not know where to find it , but Pope Gregory the Great told his missionary monks not to destroy pagan sites because the local population considered them sacred. You will get more conversions if you respect their culture than by destroying it. I will try to dig it up for you. | |
| Jul 18, 2016 at 12:14 | comment | added | MCW♦ | The question was not rhetorical; I'm not sure where to draw the line, except to wonder whether this can be solved with historical sources & methods. I suspect that the answer is that viewers of the art were able to interpret the context of the art as cultural rather than devotional. I think Savaronola may be an example of the movement you're seeking, but that gives him too much credit for rationality. | |
| Jul 18, 2016 at 11:32 | comment | added | HardlyKnowEm | It depends what you mean by "religion." I'm not a Christian, so I'm not asking because I have some sort of theological worry; it's not a religion question in that sense. Insofar as the "return" to antiquity was a historical movement, that happened against a background of devout catholicism, it feels like a history question. Perhaps "history of religion?" I'm not sure where this SE draws the line. | |
| Jul 18, 2016 at 11:10 | comment | added | MCW♦ | Is this a history question or a religion question? | |
| Jul 18, 2016 at 10:00 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 18, 2016 at 9:55 | history | asked | HardlyKnowEm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |