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Religious Individualisation - Archaeological, Iconographic and Epigraphic Case Studies from the Roman World (Hardcover)
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Religious Individualisation - Archaeological, Iconographic and Epigraphic Case Studies from the Roman World (Hardcover)
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The Roman world was diverse and complex. And so were religious
understandings and practices as mirrored in the enormous variety
presented by archaeological, iconographic, and epigraphic evidence.
Conventional approaches principally focus on the political role of
civic cults as a means of social cohesion, often considered to be
instrumentalised by elites. But by doing so, religious diversity is
frequently overlooked, marginalising ‘deviating’ cult
activities that do not fit the Classical canon, as well as the
multitude of funerary practices and other religious activities that
were all part of everyday life. In the Roman Empire, a person’s
religious experiences were shaped by many and sometimes seemingly
incompatible cult practices, whereby the ‘civic’ and
‘imperial’ cults might have had the least impact of all. The
authors rethink these methodologies, arguing for a more dynamic
image of religion that takes into account the varied and often
contradictory choices and actions of individual, which reflects the
discrepant religious experiences in the Roman world. Is it possible
to ‘poke into the mind’ of an individual in Roman times,
whatever his/her status and ethnicity, and try to understand the
individual’s diverse experiences in such a complex,
interconnected empire, exploring the choices that were open to an
individual? This also raises the question whether the concept of
individuality is valid for Roman times. In some periods, the impact
of individual actions can be more momentous: the very first
adoption of Roman-style sculpture, cult practices or Latin theonyms
for indigenous deities can set in motion long-term processes that
will significantly influence people’s perceptions of local
deities, their characteristics, and functions. Do individual
choices and preferences prevail over collective identities in the
Roman Empire compared to pre-Roman times? To examine these
questions, this volume presents case studies that analyse
individual actions in the religious sphere.
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