{"product_id":"religio-duplex-how-the-enlightenment-reinvented-egyptian-religion-paperback-softback-9780745668437","title":"Religio Duplex; How the Enlightenment Reinvented Egyptian Religion (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745668437","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReligio Duplex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow the Enlightenment Reinvented Egyptian Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJan Assmann (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745668437, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"With his characteristic erudition and lucid prose, Jan Assmann explores a fascinating question: why is religion so often double-layered, with the religion of the philosophers arrayed against the religion of the fathers? His genealogy of religio duplex begins with ancient Egypt and Israel, with their mixtures of universalism and particularism, and extends to the modern search, by Gandhi and others, for a rapprochement between particular religions – Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc. – and a universal religion of human dignity. Assmann’s study brims with philosophical acuity, historical depth, and contemporary relevance.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRonald Hendel, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"Assmann is well placed to write such a book, and \u003ci\u003eReligio Duplex\u003c\/i\u003e is an interesting read covering a wide range of topics of various kinds, not least those concerned with belief and with public and private ritual. Students of the Enlightenment and of the nature of religion should read this volume.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames Stevens Curl, Member of the Royal Irish Academy, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this important new book, the distinguished Egyptologist Jan Assmann provides a masterful overview of a crucial theme in the religious history of the West - that of 'religio duplex', or dual religion. He begins by returning to the theology of the Ancient Egyptians, who set out to present their culture as divided between the popular and the elite. By examining their beliefs, he argues, we can distinguish the two faces of ancient religions more generally: the outer face (that of the official religion) and the inner face (encompassing the mysterious nature of religious experience). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAssmann explains that the Early Modern period witnessed the birth of the idea of dual religion with, on the one hand, the religion of reason and, on the other, that of revelation. This concept gained new significance in the Enlightenment when the dual structure of religion was transposed onto the individual. This meant that man now owed his allegiance not only to his native religion, but also to a universal 'religion of mankind'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn fact, argues Assmann, religion can now only hold a place in our globalized world in this way, as a religion that understands itself as one among many and has learned to see itself through the eyes of the other. This bold and wide-ranging book will be essential reading for historians, theologians and anyone interested in the nature of religion and its role in the shaping of the modern world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Egyptian Foundations: The Dual Meaning of Signs 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligio Duplex and the Endgame of Egyptian Culture 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSacramental Interpretation: The Dual Meaning of Signs 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Two or Three Scripts of the Ancient Egyptian Culture of Writing 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 From the Dual Meaning of Signs to Dual Religion 36\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVerba Duplicata: Moses Maimonides 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEgyptian Hieroglyphs and Mosaic Laws: John Spencer 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Platonic Construction of Dual Religion: Ralph Cudworth 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Religio Duplex and Political Theology 54\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Toland and the Critique of Political Theology 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Warburton and the Redemption of Political Theology 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecrecy under the Banner of Morality and Politics 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Religio Duplex and Freemasonry 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecret Society Novels 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecrecy under the Banner of Nature and Revelation 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIgnaz von Born and the Vienna Mysteries Project 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubterranean Egypt 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Magic Flute: Opera Duplex 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 In the Era of Globalization: Religio Duplex as Dual Membership 114\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization, Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Memory 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoses Mendelssohn and the Idea of a ‘Religion of Mankind’ 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatriot and Cosmopolitan: Lessing’s ‘Ernst and Falk’, with a Glance at Herder and Wieland 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHomo Duplex 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProspectus: Religio Duplex Today? 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetrospectus: Are There ‘Dual Religions’? 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNoah and Moses 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisible and Invisible Religions 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 235\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52165915902232,"sku":"9780745668437","price":17.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745668437.jpg?v=1781101815","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/religio-duplex-how-the-enlightenment-reinvented-egyptian-religion-paperback-softback-9780745668437","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}