Chapter XIV. CULT AND MYSTERY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. CONTENTS VII
4. Chapter I. GENESIS AND DIFFUSION 1
5. Chapter II. EXCLUSIVENESS AND INTEGRATION 11
6. Chapter III. ALEXANDER AND THE OIKOUMENE; THE SUCCESSORS 20
7. Chapter IV. BARBARIAN RECEPTIVITY 30
8. Chapter V. LANGUAGE AND ETHOS 45
9. Chapter VI. EDUCATION: GENTLEMEN, SCRIBES, SAINTS 59
10. Chapter VII. PLATO THE HELLENIZER 72
11. Chapter VIII. BARBARIAN APOLOGETICS 83
12. Chapter IX. EXOTICS IN THE MAIN STREAM 105
13. Chapter X. HISTORIOGRAPHY 115
14. Chapter XI. DRAMA AND DIATRIBE 130
15. Chapter XII. LOVE, TRIANGULAR AND PURE 147
16. Chapter XIII. ARETALOGIES AND MARTYRDOMS 170
17. Chapter XIV. CULT AND MYSTERY 182
18. Chapter XV. PRAYER AND CONFESSION 198
19. Chapter XVI. BLESSED LANDSCAPES AND HAVENS 212
20. Chapter XVII. ART 223
21. Chapter XVIII. ROMAN EVANGELISTS 238
22. Chapter XIX. AN ELECT, WITH SOVEREIGNTY AND WITHOUT 249
23. Chapter XX. AUTHORITY AND LAW 264
24. NOTES 291
25. INDEX 315