Jorg Rupke

Gebundenes Buch

Religious Deviance in the Roman World

Superstition or Individuality?

Übersetzer: Richardson, David M B

Beschreibung

Offers a new reading of the ancient sources in order to find indications for religious deviance practices in the Roman world.

Autor

Jörg Rüpke was Chair of Comparative Religion at the University of Erfurt from 1999 to 2015, and is now permanent Fellow for Religious Studies at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies. He is also co-director of the Research Group 'Religious Individualisation in Historical Perspective' and director of the ERC research project 'Lived Ancient Religion'. Since 2012, he has been a member of the German Council of Science and Humanities ('Wissenschaftsrat') and since 2013, Vice-Director of the Max Weber Center. His authored books include Rituals in Ink (2004), The Religions of the Romans (2007), Fasti sacerdotum (2008), The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine: Time, History, and the Fasti (2011), Religion in Republican Rome: Rationalization and Ritual Change (2012), Ancients and Moderns: Religion (2013) and From Jupiter to Christ (2014). He has also edited Religion and Law in Classical and Christian Rome (co-edited with Clifford Ando, 2006), A Companion to Roman Religion (2007), Reflections on Religious Individuality (2013) and A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean (co-edited with Rubina Raja, 2015).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 159
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781107090521
• ISBN-10: 1107090520
• Artikelnr.: 45019843