Religious deviance in the Roman world: superstition or individuality?

Superstitio: conceptions of religious deviance in Roman antiquity -- Creation of religious norms in the late Republic -- The role of ethos and knowledge in controlling religious deviance: a Tiberian view of priestly deviance -- De Superstitione: religious experiences best not had in temples -- The n...

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Main Author: Rüpke, Jörg 1962- (Author)
Contributors: Richardson, David M.B. (Translator)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Edition:Revised and enlarged edition
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Roman Empire / Religion / Law / Deviance / Superstition / Religious experience / Individualization / History 200 BC-450
B Roman Empire / Religion / Norm (Standardization) / Individualism / Unsociableness
Further subjects:B Deviant Behavior (Rome)
B Free thought (Rome)
B Superstition (Rome)
B Superstition Religious aspects
B Individualism Religious aspects
B Religion and sociology (Rome)
B Social norms
B Rome Religion
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Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:Superstitio: conceptions of religious deviance in Roman antiquity -- Creation of religious norms in the late Republic -- The role of ethos and knowledge in controlling religious deviance: a Tiberian view of priestly deviance -- De Superstitione: religious experiences best not had in temples -- The normative discourse in late antiquity -- The individual in a world of competing religious norms -- Deviance and individuation: from Cicero to Theodosius
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 115-132, Index
ISBN:1107090520