RT Article
T1 Supplication in the Greco-Roman Religious Field
JF Bulletin for the study of religion
VO 41
IS 1
SP 25
OP 32
A1 Gottesman, Alex
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1837432740
AB This essay attempts to apply Bourdieu's notion of the field to the study of Greco-Roman religion (a move that Bourdieu himself seemingly ruled out). It traces some changes in the Greco-Roman religious field by tracking the meaning and fortunes of the practice of supplication, first in the context of the struggle between Roman administration and Greek autonomy and then in the context of the struggle between pagans and Christians to define charity to the poor as a strategy of legitimation.
K1 Greek
K1 Pierre Bourdieu
K1 Supplication
DO 10.1558/bsor.v41i1.006