Ancient Christian Magick Zoom Talk-Dr James Rietve

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Join us for a  Zoom Lecture on "Ancient Christian Magick" with Dr James Rietveld on Thursday,July 13, 8 pm

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J﻿oin us for a Zoom Talk with Dr. James Rietveld "Ancient Christian Magick" on Thursday, July 13, 8 p.m.Pay What You Wish: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/643509683787Often when we think about magic or any activities applying ritual practice, utterances, or material objects to effect nature in some way we do not think about such a system as within Christianity.Yet, ancient Christian magical papyri have been discovered throughout the Mediterranean, especially in Egypt, revealing that many Christians did indeed combine their beliefs with a magical understanding of the world.The New Testament, including the episode related to Simon Magus, as well as early Christian writings during the first centuries reveal that many Christians integrated their religious faith with magical practices, not perceiving any contradictions.In fact, many Christians and even Jews and Pagans believed Jesus was a magician himself according to primary sources from the time. To be sure, many early Christians were not able to discern the fundamental difference between what constitutes as "magic" and a "miracle" or a prayer versus an invocation.As with many other beliefs at the time of the Roman Empire, Christianity amalgamated with other ancient systems of belief and practice.We will investigate this controversial topic, not through a theologian's lense, emphasizing what is true or not true in a doctrinal sense, but rather to discover what people actually believed as revealed through the textual and archaeological evidence, via a historical and scholarly examination of religion and archaeology.Dr. James Rietveld is a professor at CSU, Fullerton and Cal Poly Pomona, CA of History, Anthropology, Religion with a PHD from Claremont School of Religion, is author of two books, and can be seen on History channel's "Crazy Rich Ancients."

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