The Gods, the State, and the Individual

Informationen zum Autor John Scheid. Translated and with a foreword by Clifford Ando Klappentext John Scheid is Professor of Religion, Institutions, and Society in Ancient Rome at the College de France and author of An Introduction to Roman Religion. Clifford Ando is the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago and Research Fellow in the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies at the University of South Africa. He is author of Law, Language, and Empire in the Roman Tradition, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Acknowledgments

Autorentext
John Scheid. Translated and with a foreword by Clifford Ando

Klappentext
John Scheid is Professor of Religion, Institutions, and Society in Ancient Rome at the College de France and author of An Introduction to Roman Religion. Clifford Ando is the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago and Research Fellow in the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies at the University of South Africa. He is author of Law, Language, and Empire in the Roman Tradition, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt
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
Acknowledgments

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