This companion provides a comprehensive treatment of Roman religion within its cultural, social, and historical contexts. Written by international experts, this volume offers a new approach, directing its focus away from the gods and concentrating on the human-figures of Roman religion. The book addresses the media through which religion was experienced and shared, including epigraphy, mosaics, wall-paintings, drama, and poetry, and provides, for example, the first ever history of religious motifs on coins. Placing the various discourses and practices into a larger geographical and cultural…mehr
This companion provides a comprehensive treatment of Roman religion within its cultural, social, and historical contexts. Written by international experts, this volume offers a new approach, directing its focus away from the gods and concentrating on the human-figures of Roman religion. The book addresses the media through which religion was experienced and shared, including epigraphy, mosaics, wall-paintings, drama, and poetry, and provides, for example, the first ever history of religious motifs on coins. Placing the various discourses and practices into a larger geographical and cultural framework, this volume also considers the cults, gods, iconography, rituals, and texts that were exported widely throughout the empire, revealing the sprawling landscape of Roman religion. Judaism and Christianity are firmly placed within a strongly historical approach, covering the period from the eighth century BC to the fourth century AD.
Jörg Rüpke is Chair of Comparative Religion at the University of Erfurt and coordinator of the Priority Program of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 1080 "Roman imperial and provincial religion". His recent books include Religion of the Romans (2001), Rituals in Ink (2004), Fasti Sacerdotum (2005), Religion and Law, ed. with Clifford Ando, (2006), Zeit und Fest (2006), and Religions Orientales (2006).
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures x
List of Maps xiii
Notes on Contributors xiv
Acknowledgments xix
Abbreviations xxi
Maps xxviii
1 Roman Religion - Religions of Rome 1 Jörg Rüpke
2 Approaching Roman Religion: The Case forWissenschaftsgeschichte 10 C. Robert Phillips, III
Part I Changes 29
3 The Religion of Archaic Rome 31 Christopher Smith
4 Pre-Roman Italy, Before and Under the Romans 43 Olivier de Cazanove
5 Urban Religion in the Middle and Late Republic 58 Eric Orlin
6 Continuity and Change: Religion in the Augustan Semi-Century71 Karl Galinsky
7 Religions and the Integration of Cities in the Empire in theSecond Century ad: The Creation of a Common Religious Language83 William Van Andringa
8 Old Religions Transformed: Religions and Religious Policy fromDecius to Constantine 96 Hartmut Leppin
9 Religious Koine and Religious Dissent in the Fourth Century109 Michele Renee Salzman
Part II Media 127
10 The History of Roman Religion in Roman Historiography andEpic 129 Denis Feeney
11 Religion and Roman Coins 143 Jonathan Williams
12 Reliefs, Public and Private 164 Katja Moede
13 Inscriptions as Sources of Knowledge for Religions and Cultsin the Roman World of Imperial Times 176 Rudolf Haensch
14 Religion in the House 188 Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann
Part III Symbols and Practices 203
15 Roman Cult Sites: A Pragmatic Approach 205 Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser
16 Complex Rituals: Games and Processions in Republican Rome222 Frank Bernstein
17 Performing the Sacred: Prayers and Hymns 235 Frances Hickson Hahn
18 Music and Dance: Forms of Representation in Pictorial andWritten Sources 249 Friederike Fless and Katja Moede
19 Sacrifices for Gods and Ancestors 263 John Scheid
Part IV Actors and Actions 273
20 Religious Actors in Daily Life: Practices and Related Beliefs275 Nicole Belayche
21 Republican Nobiles: Controlling the Res Publica 292 Veit Rosenberger
22 Emperors: Caring for the Empire and Their Successors304 Peter Herz
23 Urban Elites in the Roman East: Enhancing Regional Positionsand Social Superiority 317 Athanasios Rizakis
24 Living on Religion: Professionals and Personnel 331 Marietta Horster
Part V Different Religious Identities 343
25 Roman Diaspora Judaism 345 Jack N. Lightstone
26 Creating One's Own Religion: Intellectual Choices378 Attilio Mastrocinque
27 Institutionalized Religious Options: Mithraism 392 Richard Gordon
28 The Romanness of Roman Christianity 406 Stefan Heid
Part VI Roman Religion Outside and Seen from Outside427
29 Exporting Roman Religion 429 Clifford Ando
30 Religion in the Roman East 446 Ted Kaizer
31 Roman Religion in the Vision of Tertullian 457 Cecilia Ames
2 Approaching Roman Religion: The Case forWissenschaftsgeschichte 10 C. Robert Phillips, III
Part I Changes 29
3 The Religion of Archaic Rome 31 Christopher Smith
4 Pre-Roman Italy, Before and Under the Romans 43 Olivier de Cazanove
5 Urban Religion in the Middle and Late Republic 58 Eric Orlin
6 Continuity and Change: Religion in the Augustan Semi-Century71 Karl Galinsky
7 Religions and the Integration of Cities in the Empire in theSecond Century ad: The Creation of a Common Religious Language83 William Van Andringa
8 Old Religions Transformed: Religions and Religious Policy fromDecius to Constantine 96 Hartmut Leppin
9 Religious Koine and Religious Dissent in the Fourth Century109 Michele Renee Salzman
Part II Media 127
10 The History of Roman Religion in Roman Historiography andEpic 129 Denis Feeney
11 Religion and Roman Coins 143 Jonathan Williams
12 Reliefs, Public and Private 164 Katja Moede
13 Inscriptions as Sources of Knowledge for Religions and Cultsin the Roman World of Imperial Times 176 Rudolf Haensch
14 Religion in the House 188 Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann
Part III Symbols and Practices 203
15 Roman Cult Sites: A Pragmatic Approach 205 Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser
16 Complex Rituals: Games and Processions in Republican Rome222 Frank Bernstein
17 Performing the Sacred: Prayers and Hymns 235 Frances Hickson Hahn
18 Music and Dance: Forms of Representation in Pictorial andWritten Sources 249 Friederike Fless and Katja Moede
19 Sacrifices for Gods and Ancestors 263 John Scheid
Part IV Actors and Actions 273
20 Religious Actors in Daily Life: Practices and Related Beliefs275 Nicole Belayche
21 Republican Nobiles: Controlling the Res Publica 292 Veit Rosenberger
22 Emperors: Caring for the Empire and Their Successors304 Peter Herz
23 Urban Elites in the Roman East: Enhancing Regional Positionsand Social Superiority 317 Athanasios Rizakis
24 Living on Religion: Professionals and Personnel 331 Marietta Horster
Part V Different Religious Identities 343
25 Roman Diaspora Judaism 345 Jack N. Lightstone
26 Creating One's Own Religion: Intellectual Choices378 Attilio Mastrocinque
27 Institutionalized Religious Options: Mithraism 392 Richard Gordon
28 The Romanness of Roman Christianity 406 Stefan Heid
Part VI Roman Religion Outside and Seen from Outside427
29 Exporting Roman Religion 429 Clifford Ando
30 Religion in the Roman East 446 Ted Kaizer
31 Roman Religion in the Vision of Tertullian 457 Cecilia Ames
Bibliography 472
General Index 511
Index of Personal Names 526
Index of Places 537
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