PAGAN MONOTHEISM CONFERENCE: I've already noted the Pagan Monotheism Conference at the University of Exeter, but here's the full program:

University of Exeter, Department of Classics and Ancient History

International conference: Pagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire,
Exeter, 17-20 July 2006

Keynote Speakers include M. Frede, G. Fowden, J. North, A. Chaniotis, C. Markschies, L. Rutgers, and S. Mitchell.

Please find below the provisional programme.

Further details and a registration form can be found on the website http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/classics/conferences/index.htm

Please contact P.E.R.van-Nuffelen@ex.ac.uk with any questions.

Provisional programme

17 July 2006

5-6: Plenary: S. Mitchell - P. Van Nuffelen (Exeter): Definition and Methodology

18 July 2006

9.30-10.30: Plenary: M. Frede (Oxford), tba (philosophy and pagan monotheism)

Subsidiary A:
11-11.30: R. Seaford (Exeter), The early history of Greek monotheism
11.30-12: Y. Ustinova (Beer Sheva), Monotheism as a Cognitive State: The Case of Parmenides
12-12.30: G. Van Riel (Leuven), Monotheistic tendencies in Plato

Subsidiary B:
11-11.30: Y. Lehmann (Strasburg): L' avènement du monothéisme philosophique à Rome (de Varron à Sénèque)
11.30-12: G. Winkle (Calvin College): Coram Deo Platonic Deity and Theurgic Ascent in Apuleius' Metamorphoses
12-12.30: Y. Maes (Ghent): The savior of (Ro)Man? Cato Uticensis in Lucan.

Noon

2.30-3.30: Plenary: G. Fowden (Athens): Plotinus A pagan, Christian and Muslim monotheist

Subsidiary C:
4-4.30: P. Scade (Exeter): The early history of the Timaeus
4.30-5: A. Magny (Bristol): The "Blasphemous" Philosopher: Porphyry and the Remains of Against the Christians in the Christian Literature
5-5.30: S. Klitenic Wear (Creighton): The Pseudo-Dionysian Trinity and the Porphyrian One

Subsidiary D:
4-4.30: P.R. Bosman (South Africa): The imperial Cynic and the one god
4.30-5: J.P. Kenney (Saint Michael's College): Plotinus and the Foundations of Pagan Monotheism
5-5.30: D. Caluori (Oxford): Plotinus on god and gods

19 July 2006

9.30-10.30: Plenary: C. Markschies (Berlin): Some new insights into the "Heis-Theos-Formula"

Subsidiary A:
11-11.30: N. Belayche (Paris): Les acclamations " Heis theos " : pratiques eulogiques et représentation du panthéon
11.30-12: B. Selter (Ghent): Eadem spectamus astra. Monotheistic tendencies in the Carmina latina epigraphica.

Subsidiary B:
11-11.30: A. Tugendhaft (Chicago): The aniconic idols of the ancient Nabateans.
11.30-12: G. van Kooten (Groningen): The Aniconic, Monotheistic Beginnings of Rome's Pagan Cult, According to Varro, Plutarch, and St Paul: Romans 1.19-25 in a Roman Context

12-1: Plenary: A. Chaniotis (Heidelberg): Megatheism The search of the almighty God and the competition of cults

Noon

2.30-3.30: Plenary: J. North (London): Ritual and religiosity

Subsidiary C:
4-4.30: A. Busine (Brussels): Apollo's oracles between polytheism and monotheism
4.30-5: C. Addey (Bristol): Monotheism, Henotheism and Polytheism in Porphyry's Philosophy from Oracles
5-5.30: V. Hirschmann (Heidelberg): tba (Phrygians)

Subsidiary D:
4-4.30: I. Sandwell (Bristol): Monotheism, Polytheism and the Basis of Religious Toleration in the Fourth century AD
4.30-5: M. Kahlos (Helsinki): Refuting and reclaiming monotheism. Monotheism in the debate between 'pagans' and Christians in 380-430
5-5.30: G. Sfameni Gasparro (Messina): One God and divine Unity. Late Antique theologies between exclusivism and inclusiveness

20 July

9.30-10.30: Plenary: L. Rutgers (Utrecht): Judaism in a Greco-Roman World: Problems and Perspectives

Subsidiary A:
11-11.30: F. Stavrakopoulou (Exeter): Minimalising Monotheism: Perspectives on the biblical and scholarly re-imaging of ancient Israelite Yahweh-worship.
11.30-12: L. Capponi (San Marino): The temple of Leontopolis and the conversion of Egypt from "pagan monotheism" to Judaism.
12-12.30: C. Hywel (Ripon College): Pagan Monotheism in Philo Judaeus

Subsidiary B:
11-11.30: A. Fürst (Münster): Images of God and Concepts of Social and Political Order. The Controversy between Celsus and Origen about Pagan and Christian Monotheism
11.30-12: M. Amerise (Perugia): One God, One Emperor. Monotheism and political theology in Eusebios of Caesarea.
12-12.30: O. Nicholson (Minnesota): Licinius, 'pagan monotheism' and Lactantius On the Anger of God
12.30-1: J. Schott (Charlotte, North Carolina): The Conversion and Apostasy of Pagan Monotheists: Representation and Reality



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Dr Peter Van Nuffelen
P.E.R.Van-Nuffelen@exeter.ac.uk

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