On Roman Religion - Lived Religion and the Individual in Ancient Rome

Was religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? Joerg Rupke, one of the world's leading authorities on Roman religion, demonstrates in his new book that it was a lived religion with individual appropriations evident at the...

Summary

Was religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? Jörg Rüpke, one of the world’s leading authorities on Roman religion, demonstrates in his new book that it was a lived religion with individual appropriations evident at the...

Product details

• Authors: Jeorg Reupke, Joerg Rupke, Jorg Rupke, Jörg Rüpke
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781501704703
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-0470-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 238 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Cornell Studies in Classical P; Townsend Lectures Series/Cornell Studies in Classical Philology; Cornell Studies in Classical Philology; Townsend Lectures Series/Cornell Studies in Classical Philology; Cornell Studies in Classical P
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs