TY - BOOK AU - John Scheid AB - By opposing sectarian discourses with the universal weapons of history, philology and anthropology, in short, the entire arsenal of science and reason, the history of religions of the past enables us to deflate modern myths, and not only those of others but also our own. It allows us to identify the projection, in the imaginary past, of the “origins” of nationalist, religious or racist fantasies, and to disarm exaggerated interpretations of the sacred texts. Within nations inherited from the ... ID - OAPEN ID: 15717 KW - institutions KW - ancient history KW - archeology KW - religion KW - history of religions L1 - http://books.openedition.org/cdf/3009 LA - English LK - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/58134 PB - Collège de France PY - 2013 SN - 9782722602663 TI - Religion, Institutions and Society in Ancient Romenull ER -