Generative Historiography of Ancient Religions : How to Model the Spread of Religions in the Ancient Mediterranean
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Generative Historiography of Ancient Religions : How to Model the Spread of Religions in the Ancient Mediterranean
Original language description
The paper presents results of the research conducted within the framework of the GEHIR project (Generative Historiography of Religion), investigated in the years 2015-2017 at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, by an interdisciplinary team including scholars of religion, computer scientists, geographers, and mathematicians. This project applied innovative methods previously used in the study of the dynamics of complex systems (e.g. mathematical and computational modelling, network science) to reach a better understanding of the history of four religious traditions active in the ancient Mediterranean: Egyptian cults, Mithraism, Hellenistic Judaism and Early Christianity. Presented case studies focus on 1) the identification of factors influencing the spread of Egyptian cults in the Aegean sea and their relative importance (political and economic factors); 2) the role of environmental factors and the parameters of the transportation network in the spread of Early Christianity; 3) the importance of Jewish subnetwork for the successful spread of Early Christianity in the first two centuries CE.
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-07487S" target="_blank" >GA18-07487S: Religions on the Ancient Mediterranean Networks: The Role of Primary and Secondary Centers in the Spread of Religious Innovations</a><br>
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P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů