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Colonial Religion in BSG
May. 20th, 2005 03:53 pmWe may be witnessing the gradual reawakening of Vanzetti's brain. Maybe.
At one point I had a long post about religion in BSG and religion in the ancient Mediterranean in my head, although it never got written. Here, in its place, are some notes on the subject. For the record, I'm a classicist with an interest in religion in the Greek and Roman worlds, and this is all rather sketchy and generalizing. Please feel free to discuss and ask question in the comments.
( a few notes on Greek and Roman religion )
( ...and on Colonial religion )
In retrospect, I'm not sure how relevant all this is -- of course there's a very clear Christianizing tendency in the representation of religion on BSG, which may mean that ancient Mediterranean religion is essentially meaningless for our understanding of what the writers of BSG are trying to do -- if indeed they're consciously trying to do anything.
At one point I had a long post about religion in BSG and religion in the ancient Mediterranean in my head, although it never got written. Here, in its place, are some notes on the subject. For the record, I'm a classicist with an interest in religion in the Greek and Roman worlds, and this is all rather sketchy and generalizing. Please feel free to discuss and ask question in the comments.
( a few notes on Greek and Roman religion )
( ...and on Colonial religion )
In retrospect, I'm not sure how relevant all this is -- of course there's a very clear Christianizing tendency in the representation of religion on BSG, which may mean that ancient Mediterranean religion is essentially meaningless for our understanding of what the writers of BSG are trying to do -- if indeed they're consciously trying to do anything.
