John Scheid

The Gods, the State, and the Individual

Reflections on Civic Religion in Rome
Übersetzer: Ando, Clifford

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Produktbeschreibung

John Scheid is Professor of Religion, Institutions, and Society in Ancient Rome at the College de France and author of An Introduction to Roman Religion. Clifford Ando is the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago and Research Fellow in the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies at the University of South Africa. He is author of Law, Language, and Empire in the Roman Tradition, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 164mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 451g
• ISBN-13: 9780812247664
• ISBN-10: 0812247663
• Artikelnr.: 42557825

Autorenporträt

John Scheid. Translated and with a foreword by Clifford Ando

Inhaltsangabe

Translator's Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Critique of Polis-Religion: An Inventory
Chapter 2. Polis and Republic: The Price of Misunderstanding
Chapter 3. The Individual in the City
Chapter 4. Civic Religion: A Discourse of the Elite?
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