When the Norns Have Spoken: Time and Fate in Germanic Paganism

ISBN-10: 0838640486
ISBN-13: 9780838640487
Category: Philosophy
Pages: 187
Language: English
Published: 2004
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Author: Anthony Winterbourne

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"One of the most striking aspects of the process of conversion of paganism into Christianity is the manner in which certain key religious concepts were modified, without being totally obliterated from the new religious language. Residual pagan beliefs persevered, at least for a time, notably that concerning fate. The argument concludes that only after pagan fate was transformed into the concept of god's Providence could the problem of death and salvation in relation to God's power be made fully manifest. Fate had become linked with death as a new beginning within Christian eschatology, and was thus, finally, temporalized."--BOOK JACKET.

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