Drawing on the abundant material available for the study of religious experience in late antiquity, Professor Dodds examines the personal religious attitudes and experiences common to pagans and Christians in the period between Marcus Aurelius and Constantine. World-hatred and asceticism, dreams and states of possession, and pagan and Christian mysticism are all discussed. Finally, Dodds considers both pagan views of Christianity and Christian views of paganism as they emerge in the literature of the time. Although primarily written for social and religious historians, this study will also...

Nineteen stories: nineteen diverse characters who will share their closest secrets with you. The artist haunted by a mysterious Chinese boy who never speaks; the girl whose murdered sister whispers in her head; the geneticist trapped in the body of a sow; the old man baffled by a peripatetic building. This is a unique collection - sometimes funny, sometimes eerie, but always surprising. Robert Dodds has been published by Andersen Press (Random House), Polygon, and A&C Black (Bloomsbury). His short stories have been anthologised by HarperCollins, and broadcast on BBC Radio Four. This is his...