Dialectics of Religion in the Roman World

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-515-13066-0
Verlag: Franz Steiner

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, 297 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 525 g

Reihe: Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge

Recent scholarship has seen a general turn from separate entities to relations and inclusivity, from static and systemic views to a focus on historical processes and fluidity. Dialectical thinking fundamentally builds on the entwinement of social interactions, inclusivity, contradictory relations, and historical movement. Yet, it is underrepresented in current research of Roman society and religion. Therefore, this volume intends to foreground dialectical thinking as a critical and constructive way to expose and analyse the dynamism, diversity, and discrepancies of religion in the Roman world. Based on critical theories and archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources, the authors discuss cults, ranging from Mars Thincsus and Mithras to Magna Mater and the deified emperors, in diverse contexts across the Mediterranean from East to West (the Hauran, Asia Minor, Jerusalem, Dalmatia, Gaul, Britain, and Rome). Together, they give a taste of the potential of dialectical approaches for enhancing our understanding of Roman society and religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mazzilli, Francesca

van der Linde, Dies

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Mazzilli, Francesca
Francesca Mazzilli is a MSCA fellow at the University of Bergen with the project 'Regional Religious Networks in the Roman Empire' and holds a PhD in Archaeology at the University of Durham. Her main research interests are pre-Roman and Roman Near East, Lusitania, Britain, religion, pottery, critical theory, networks, and landscape.

van der Linde, Dies
Dies van der Linde is a PhD candidate at Royal Holloway, University of London. His primary research interests include Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, the historical sociology of the Roman world, and critical theory.