Matter of the Gods - Religion and the Roman Empire

Zusatztext "Highly recommended." Informationen zum Autor Clifford Ando is Professor of Classics! History and the College at the University of Chicago and author of Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire (UC Press)! winner of the Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit from the American Philological Association! among other books. Klappentext "A work of innovative spirit and great learning, stylishly argued throughout, and beautifully written."—Sabine MacCormack, author of The Shadows of Poetry: Virgil in the Mind of Augustine "Ando's intellectually daring work breaks through the traditional perceptions of Roman religion under the Empire."—Guy Stroumsa, author of Barbarian Philosophy: The Religious Revolution of Early Christianity Zusammenfassung What did the Romans know about their gods? Why did they perform the rituals of their religion, and what motivated them to change those rituals? This book proposes simple answers: in contrast to ancient Christians, who had faith, Romans had knowledge, and their knowledge was empirical in orientation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Religion! Law! and Knowledge in Classical Rome part one. the limits of orthopraxy 2. Idols and Their Critics 3. Interpretatio Romana 4. Religion and Ius Publicum part two. gods of the far-flung empire 5. A Religion for the Empire 6. Religion and Imperialism at Rome 7. The Palladium and the Pentateuch Bibliography Index Locorum General Index

Product details

• Authors: Ando, Clifford Ando, Ando Clifford
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2008
• EAN: 9780520259867
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25986-7
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage; Transformation of the Classica; Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Ancient, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies