Religious deviance in the Roman world: superstition or individuality?

Religious individuality is not restricted to modernity. This book offers a new reading of the ancient sources in order to find indications for the spectrum of religious practices and intensified forms of such practices only occasionally denounced as 'superstition'. Authors from Cicero in t...

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Main Author: Rüpke, Jörg (Author)
Other Authors: Richardson, David M. B. (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
Edition:English language edition
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316106792
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316106792
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316106792
Summary:Religious individuality is not restricted to modernity. This book offers a new reading of the ancient sources in order to find indications for the spectrum of religious practices and intensified forms of such practices only occasionally denounced as 'superstition'. Authors from Cicero in the first century BC to the law codes of the fourth century AD share the assumption that authentic and binding communication between individuals and gods is possible and widespread, even if problematic in the case of divination or the confrontation with images of the divine. A change in practices and assumptions throughout the imperial period becomes visible. It might be characterised as 'individualisation' and informed the Roman law of religions. The basic constellation - to give freedom of religion and to regulate religion at the same time - resonates even into modern bodies of law and is important for juridical conflicts today
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 May 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 142 pages)
ISBN:9781316106792
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781316106792

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