The Benefit of the Doubt. Between Scepticism and Godlessness, Critique or Indifference in Ancient Me
It is safe to say that critique of religion is as old as religion itself. In this workshop we want to bring together scholars from various fields of Ancient Studies (Ancient History, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Classics, Egyptology, Early Judaism and Christianity, Religious Studies and related fields) to exchange about critical discourses on religion prevalent in their field of interest. One basic presumption to start from is to assume that the parameters of proper religious behaviour in a given political or ethnic community are set and there exist implicit and self-evident social expectations that are not necessarily written down in manuals – though in some cases normativising texts were produced.
FECHA/ DATE/DATA: 21-22/02/2019
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Dr. Nicole Hartmann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin); Dr. Franziska Naether (Universität Leipzig)
INFO: web - nicole.hartmann@hu-berlin.de naether@uni-leipzig.de
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Gratis /free/gratuito
Se ruega enviar un email a /please contact /sono pregati di inviare una e-mail a Dr. Nicole Hartmann (nicole.hartmann@hu-berlin.de) or Dr. Franziska Naether (Naether@uni-leipzig.de)
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA: Aquí/here/qui
Thursday, 21 February 2019 13.30 Registration 14:00-14:30 Welcome and Introduction: Nicole Hartmann and Franziska Naether 14:30-15:15 Kenneth Yu (University of Toronto): Ritual Lament and Blasphemy in Plato’s Laws (7, 800b8-e9) 15:15-16:00 John Gee (Brigham Young University): Internal and External Critiques of Egyptian Religion in the Graeco-Roman Period 16.00-16:30 Coffee 16:30-17:30 PhD-Panel: Giulia Fiore (Universitá di Bologna): „Why should I dance? The worship of the god is perishing“ Doubting the Divine in Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus Ramón Soneira Martínez (Max Weber Kolleg Erfurt): Ἡ νόσος of declaring that gods do not exist. Condemnation and persecution of atheist positions in Plato’s Laws Punsara Amarasinghe (School of Advanced Studies Pisa): Understanding Pyrrho’s Skepticism parallel to Madhyamika School in Buddhism Pablo Pinel Martínez (Universidad Complutense Madrid): The Quest for Arguments for Disbelief in Ancient Greece 17:30-18:00 Response: Michael Satlow (Brown University) 18:30-19:30 Public Lecture: Nickolas P. Roubekas (Vienna University): Doubting vs. Explaining Religion. From 'Atheism' to Theorizing about Religion in Antiquity 20:00 Common Dinner Friday 22 February 2019 09:30-10:15 Livio Warbinek (Tel Aviv University): Hittites and their Oracles. They believed in them, although they did not trust them 10:15-11:00 Franziska Naether (Leipzig University): Doubting Priests and Practitioners in Ancient Egyptian Religion 11:00-11:30 Coffee 11:30-12:15 Darja Šterbenc Erker (Humboldt University Berlin): Skepticism and Doubt in Religious Traditions in Rome: Deification of Mortals 12:15-13:00 Fernando Bermejo-Rubio (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia Madrid): Laughing at the Promised Salvation – Doubters and Scoffers in Early Christianity 13:00-14:30 Lunch 14:30-15:15 Ioannis Papadogiannakis (King’s College London): The Greek Christian Literature of Questions-and-Answers (erotapokriseis) as Literature of Doubt 15:15-16:00 Reuven Kiperwasser (Hebrew University Jerusalem): Chatting with God and the Benefit of the Doubt. Skeptical Theism in Late-Antique Rabbinic Stories 16.00-16:30 Coffee 16:30-17:15 Nicole Hartmann (Humboldt University Berlin): Exploring the Dimensions of Godlessness in the Roman Empire 17:15-17:45 Final Discussion 19:00 Possibility for Common Dinner