{"product_id":"religion-in-the-roman-empire-isbn-9781405106559","title":"Religion in the Roman Empire","description":"This book provides an engaging, systematic introduction to religion in the Roman empire.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers both mainstream Graeco-Roman religion and regional religious traditions, from Egypt to Western Europe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the shared assumptions and underlying dynamics that characterized religious life as a whole\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on a wide range of primary material, both textual and visual, from literary works, inscriptions and monuments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers insight into the religious world in which contemporary rabbinic Judaism and Christianity both had their origin\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003eList of Maps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Text Boxes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Identifying ‘Religion’ in the Graeco-Roman Tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Regional Religious Traditions of the Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Presence of the Gods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Religion and Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Religion and Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Religious Options.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Roman Religious Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Religious Change in the Roman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of Major Deities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of Authors and Texts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This is just what Rives's volume does best: to show us where we stand in a thought-provoking manner that invites further questions about \"religion\" in the Roman empire.\" (Phoenix, 2011)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"The section openings are often carefully and helpfully linked to preceding arguments, within and across chapters.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, 2009)“Rives sketches a framework containing four largely separate approaches to the divine world: cult, myth, art, and philosophy. This framework provides a clear structure of the book in relation to both theoretical and methodological perspectives, as well as to the variety of evidence.” (\u003ci\u003eNew England Classical Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, May 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The reader who is new to the study of Roman religion will go away greatly enriched with knowledge of specific examples of ancient religious practice and of the kinds of sources available but also with an understanding of what makes ancient religion so different from many of the religions we are familiar with in the modern world. The reader with an existing expertise in the subject will find thought provoking ideas on some of the key areas of debate and some useful clarifications on the exact nature of the issues that are at stake in them.” (\u003ci\u003eClassical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…the book is important as an attempt to create a textbook in an area normally…left to an appendix because the problems are all too forbidding…\" (\u003ci\u003eGreece and Rome\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol 55 No. 2 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c!--end--\u003e\"This is the best available introduction to religion in the Roman world, and will be indispensable for classroom use and in library collections.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e — A \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title for 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A dense and stimulating overview of Roman religion.\" (\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A concise, readable, stimulating, and adroitly organised introduction to a vast cumbersome topic.\" (\u003ci\u003eScholia Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames B. Rives\u003c\/b\u003e is Kenan Eminent Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eReligion and Authority in Roman Carthage\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eTacitus: Germania\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and has co-edited \u003ci\u003eFlavius Josephus and Flavian Rome\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). He has written a number of important articles on Roman religion in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Roman Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJournal of Early Christian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and has taught courses on Jews and Christians in the Roman Empire, religions of the Roman Empire, and ruler cult in the Graeco-Roman world.\u003c\/p\u003e  This book provides an engaging, systematic introduction to religion in the Roman Empire. It explores mainstream Graeco-Roman religion, as well as the diverse regional religions within the empire, from the millennia-old traditions of Egypt to the Celtic traditions of Western Europe. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author describes the distinctive features of religion in the Roman world and examines the shared assumptions and underlying dynamics that characterized religious life as a whole. By drawing on a wide range of primary material, including literary works, inscriptions, and monuments, he allows readers to engage with original sources directly and provides unique insight into the religious world in which contemporary rabbinic Judaism and Christianity both had their origins.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Rives deftly engages the reader with the Roman world, and succeeds magnificently in making sense of its seemingly baffling variety of religious life.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eSimon Price\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Oxford","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989940846821,"sku":"NP9781405106559","price":116.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405106559.jpg?v=1761785973","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/religion-in-the-roman-empire-isbn-9781405106559","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}