Classics and classical history

About the discipline

Classics teaches the languages, literature, history and philosophy of ancient Greece and Rome, subjects both impacted by and an influence on the growth of religions such as Christianity in the era. Read More »

Articles

  • “Culture and Development Matter To Understanding Souls, No Matter What Our Evolutionary Design” by Michel Ferrari. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 472.
  • “Understanding Hume’s Natural History of Religion” by P.J.E. Kail. Philosophical Quarterly. 57, no. 227 (2007): 190-211.
  • “Rage against the Divine” by David Lloyd. South Atlantic Quarterly. 106 no. 2 (2007): 345-72.
  • “Harvard encourages dusting off the classics; Says esoteric courses enrich learning” by Tracy Jan. The Boston Globe, March 30, 2009.
  • “A long line of stand-offs; The struggle between East and West.” The Economist, March 22, 2008.
  • “Treasures of a lost empire” by Rachel Campbell-Johnston. The Times (London), Oct. 21, 2008.
  • “The last days of Jesus: what really happened?” by Henry Wansborough. The Times (London), April 10, 2009.
  • “Oral Tradition in Bible and New Testament Studeies” by Werner H. Kelber. Oral Tradition. Vol. 18, No. 1 (2003): 40-42.

Books

  • Introducing New Gods: The Politics of Athenian Religion. Robert Garland. Cornell University Press, 2009.
  • Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier. Cornell University Press, 2007.
  • The making of a Christian Empire: Lactantius and Rome. Elizabeth DePalma Digeser. Cornell University Press, 1999.
  • The Natural History of Religion. David Hume. NuVision Publications, 2007.
  • Greek religion: Archaic and Classical. Walter Burkert and John Raffan. Wiley-Blackwell, 1987.
  • Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual. Walter Burkert. Wiley-Blackwell, 1982.
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion. Simon Price. Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion: Classics and Contemporary Issues. Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2004.
  • Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction. William L. Rowe. Wadsworth Publishing, 2006.
  • Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. Michael Peterson , William Hasker, Bruce Reichenbach and David Basinger. Oxford University Press, USA, 2008.
  • Divinity and History: The Religion of Herodotus (Oxford Classical Monographs). Thomas Harrison. Oxford University Press, USA, 2002.
  • Augustine and the Making of a Christian Literature: Classical Tradition and Augustinian Aesthetics (Texts and Studies in Religion). Robert J. Forman. Edwin Mellen Press, 1996.

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