04103nam 2200709 450 991079774670332120200520144314.00-8122-9198-010.9783/9780812291988(CKB)3710000000519652(EBL)4321859(SSID)ssj0001562651(PQKBManifestationID)16215940(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001562651(PQKBWorkID)13427463(PQKB)11495780(OCoLC)929889663(MdBmJHUP)muse46664(DE-B1597)452782(DE-B1597)9780812291988(Au-PeEL)EBL4321859(CaPaEBR)ebr11149347(CaONFJC)MIL845665(MiAaPQ)EBC4321859(PPN)201945010(EXLCZ)99371000000051965220160210h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe gods, the state, and the individual reflections on civic religion in Rome /John Scheid ; translated and with a foreword by Clifford AndoPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :University of Pennsylvania Press,2016.©20161 online resource (200 pages)Empire and AfterIncludes index.0-8122-4766-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Translator’s Foreword --Preface --Introduction --Chapter 1. The Critique of Polis-Religion --Chapter 2. Polis and Republic --Chapter 3. The Individual in the City --Chapter 4. Civic Religion --Chapter 5. Civic Religion and Identity --Chapter 6. For Whom Were the Rituals Celebrated? --Chapter 7. Religious Repression --Chapter 8. Civic Religion, a Modality of Communal Religion --Chapter 9. Emotion and Belief --Chapter 10. Why Did Roman Religion Change? --Chapter 11. The Gods, the State, and the Individual --Notes --Index --AcknowledgmentsRoman religion has long presented a number of challenges to historians approaching the subject from a perspective framed by the three Abrahamic religions. The Romans had no sacred text that espoused its creed or offered a portrait of its foundational myth. They described relations with the divine using technical terms widely employed to describe relations with other humans. Indeed, there was not even a word in classical Latin that corresponds to the English word religion. In The Gods, the State, and the Individual, John Scheid confronts these and other challenges directly. If Roman religious practice has long been dismissed as a cynical or naïve system of borrowed structures unmarked by any true piety, Scheid contends that this is the result of a misplaced expectation that the basis of religion lies in an individual's personal and revelatory relationship with his or her god. He argues that when viewed in the light of secular history as opposed to Christian theology, Roman religion emerges as a legitimate phenomenon in which rituals, both public and private, enforced a sense of communal, civic, and state identity. Since the 1970's, Scheid has been one of the most influential figures reshaping scholarly understanding of ancient Roman religion. The Gods, the State, and the Individual presents a translation of Scheid's work that chronicles the development of his field-changing scholarship.Empire and after.Religion and stateRomeCultsRomeRomeReligionAncient Studies.Classics.Religion.Religious Studies.Religion and stateCults292.07Scheid John173072Ando CliffordMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797746703321The gods, the state, and the individual2408421UNINA