Were there Religious Associations in Antiquity?

Despite recent challenges to the category of 'religious' or 'cultic' associations, the categorization of private associations as 'occupational', 'cultic', 'neighbourhood', 'diasporic' and 'domestic' remain useful heuristic categor...

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Main Author: Kloppenborg, John S. 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Year: 2024, Volume: 100, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 435-462
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Classical antiquity / Association / Religion / Cult
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
TB Antiquity
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Summary:Despite recent challenges to the category of 'religious' or 'cultic' associations, the categorization of private associations as 'occupational', 'cultic', 'neighbourhood', 'diasporic' and 'domestic' remain useful heuristic categories whose utility can be defended by examining the particular ways that sociality in associations was materialized, whether through cultic, convivial, or other means.
ISSN:1783-1423
Contains:Enthalten in: Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2143/ETL.100.3.3293821