The Matter of the Gods: Religion and the Roman Empire
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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? To these questions Clifford Ando proposes simple answers: In contrast to ancient Christians, who had faith,...
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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? To these questions Clifford Ando proposes simple answers: In contrast to ancient Christians, who had faith, Romans had knowledge, and their knowledge was empirical in orientation. In other words, the Romans acquired knowledge of the gods through observation of the world, and their rituals were maintained or modified in light of what they learned. After a preface and opening chapters that lay out this argument about knowledge and place it in context, "The Matter of the Gods "pursues a variety of themes essential to the study of religion in history.
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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
Autoren-Porträt von Clifford Ando
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Clifford Ando
- 2008, 239 Seiten, Maße: 16,2 x 23,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
- ISBN-10: 0520250834
- ISBN-13: 9780520250833
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Will cause many people to reconsider what they think they know about the Roman religion."--New England Classical Jrnl "Contends that in contrast to early Christians who had faith, the Romans had knowledge that was empirical in orientation."--New Testament Abstracts
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