The Gods, the State, and the Individual : : Reflections on Civic Religion in Rome /

The Gods, the State, and the Individual : : Reflections on Civic Religion in Rome / / John Scheid.

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Roman religion has long presented a number of challenges to historians approaching the subject from a perspective framed by the three Abrahamic religions. The Romans had no sacred text that espoused its creed or offered a portrait of its foundational myth. They described relations with the divine us...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015
VerfasserIn:
Scheid, John,
TeilnehmendeR:
Ando, Clifford.
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015]
©2016
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Empire and After
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Translator's Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Critique of Polis-Religion
  • Chapter 2. Polis and Republic
  • Chapter 3. The Individual in the City
  • Chapter 4. Civic Religion
  • Chapter 5. Civic Religion and Identity
  • Chapter 6. For Whom Were the Rituals Celebrated?
  • Chapter 7. Religious Repression
  • Chapter 8. Civic Religion, a Modality of Communal Religion
  • Chapter 9. Emotion and Belief
  • Chapter 10. Why Did Roman Religion Change?
  • Chapter 11. The Gods, the State, and the Individual
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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