The Gods, the State, and the Individual : Reflections on Civic Religion in Rome.
Title:
The Gods, the State, and the Individual : Reflections on Civic Religion in Rome.
Author:
Scheid, John.
ISBN:
9780812291988
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (200 pages)
Series:
Empire and After
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
Since the 1970s, John Scheid has been one of the most influential figures reshaping scholarly understanding of ancient Roman religion. The Gods, the State, and the Individual presents a translation of Scheid's work that chronicles the development of his field-changing scholarship.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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