Price loading...

Religious Individualisation: Archaeological, Iconographic and Epigraphic Case Studies from the Roman World

Greece

Price data last checked 104 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price history will appear here once data is collected from Amazon.

Price Distribution

No price data available for histogram

Description

The Roman world was diverse and complex. And so were religious understandings and practices as mirrored in the enormous variety presented by archaeological, iconographic, and epigraphic evidence. Conventional approaches principally focus on the political role of civic cults as a means of social cohesion, often considered to be instrumentalised by elites. But by doing so, religious diversity is frequently overlooked, marginalising ‘deviating’ cult activities that do not fit the Classical canon, as well as the multitude of funerary practices and other religious activities that were all part of everyday life. In the Roman Empire, a person’s religious experiences were shaped by many and sometimes seemingly incompatible cult practices, whereby the ‘civic’ and ‘imperial’ cults might have had the least impact of all. The authors rethink these methodologies, arguing for a more dynamic image of religion that takes into account the varied and often contradictory choices and actions of individual, which reflects the discrepant religious experiences in the Roman world. Is it possible to ‘poke into the mind’ of an individual in Roman times, whatever his/her status and ethnicity, and try to understand the individual’s diverse experiences in such a complex, interconnected empire, exploring the choices that were open to an individual? This also raises the question whether the concept of individuality is valid for Roman times. In some periods, the impact of individual actions can be more momentous: the very first adoption of Roman-style sculpture, cult practices or Latin theonyms for indigenous deities can set in motion long-term processes that will significantly influence people’s perceptions of local deities, their characteristics, and functions. Do individual choices and preferences prevail over collective identities in the Roman Empire compared to pre-Roman times? To examine these questions, this volume presents case studies that analyse individual actions in the religious sphere.

Product Specifications

Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1789259657
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Ancient History & Civilisation > Greece
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 February 2023
Listed Since: 14 October 2022

Barcode

No barcode data available

Religious Individualisation: Archaeological, Iconographic and Epigraphic Case Studies from the Roman World

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price Distribution

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Imperial Identities in the Roman World

Cult Places and Cult Personnel in the Roman Empire (Variorum Collected Studies)

Reassembling Religion in Roman Italy

The Economy of Roman Religion (Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy)

Routledge - The Romans: An Introduction (Peoples of the Ancient World)

The Religious History of the Roman Empire: The Republican Centuries (Oxford Readings in Classical Studies)

Emperor Worship and Roman Religion (Oxford Classical Monographs)

Imperial Cults: Religion and Politics in the Early Han and Roman Empires

Rome's Cultural Revolution

The Archaeology of Roman Portugal in its Western Mediterranean Context

Greek and Roman Religions (Blackwell Ancient Religions)

Religions of the World: Questions, Challenges, and New Directions

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL RELATIONS IN THE ROMAN WORLD (Oxford Handbooks)

Empires and Indigenous Peoples: Comparing Ancient Roman and North American Experiences

Study of Greek and Roman Religions, The: Insularity and Assimilation (Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation)

The Bioarchaeology of Ritual and Religion

A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World)

Roman Faith and Christian Faith: Pistis And Fides In The Early Roman Empire And Early Churches: ^IPistis^R and ^IFides^R in the Early Roman Empire and Early Churches

Wiley The Roman Empire in Context - Comparative History Book

Pergamon and Rome: Culture, Identity, and Influence

Perspectives on Civil Religion: Volume 3 (Routledge Revivals)

Routledge Rome: Continuing Encounters between Past and Present

Reflections on Religious Individuality: Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian Texts and Practices: 62 (Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten, 62)

Roman Crete: New Perspectives