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  • Relational Atheism

    Studying Unbelief in Ancient Greece

    by Ramón Soneira-Martínez, Bärbel Beinhauer-Köhler, Alexander Kenneth Nagel, Jörg Rüpke ...
    This book reorients the study of 'unbelief' in Ancient Greece by dismantling two persistent scholarly misconceptions: the portrayal of Greek atheism as a form of proto-modern secularity and the dismissal of the subject as merely a lexical dispute over definitions. By integrating a diverse range of philosophical, medical and epigraphical sources, the author contextualises irreligious stances within ... Read more

    $69.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pantheon

    A New History of Roman Religion

    Translated by David M. B. Richardson ...
    by Jörg Rüpke ...
    From one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, an innovative and comprehensive account of religion in the ancient Roman and Mediterranean worldIn this ambitious and authoritative book, Jörg Rüpke provides a comprehensive and strikingly original narrative history of ancient Roman and Mediterranean religion over more than a millennium—from the late Bronze Age through the Roman imperial ... Read more

    Was $39.59 USD Now $28.09 USD

  • Religion in the Roman Empire

    by Jörg Rüpke ...
    The Roman Empire was home to a fascinating variety of different cults and religions. Its enormous extent, the absence of a precisely definable state religion and constant exchanges with the religions and cults of conquered peoples and of neighbouring cultures resulted in a multifaceted diversity of religious convictions and practices. This volume provides a compelling view of central aspects of ... Read more

    $92.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cities of Gods

    A Global History of Religion and the City from the Ancient World to the Modern

    by Jörg Rüpke ...
    How cities and religions have shaped each other through historyIn Cities of Gods, Jörg Rüpke offers an entirely new vision of the history of religion—one in which religion has shaped cities and cities have shaped religion. Rüpke shows how religious actions and ideas have produced cities since urbanization began some 6,000 years ago—and how cities have, in turn, changed religious practices. Cities ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • On Roman Religion

    Lived Religion and the Individual in Ancient Rome

    by Jörg Rüpke ...
    Series Book 67 - Cornell Studies in Classical Philology
    Provocative reading for anyone interested in Roman culture in the late Republic and early Empire.â• Religious Studies ReviewWas religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? Jörg Rüpke, one of the world’s leading authorities on Roman religion, demonstrates in his new book that it ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Religious Deviance in the Roman World

    Superstition or Individuality?

    by Jörg Rüpke ...
    Translated by David M. B. Richardson ...
    Religious individuality is not restricted to modernity. This book offers a new reading of the ancient sources in order to find indications for the spectrum of religious practices and intensified forms of such practices only occasionally denounced as 'superstition'. Authors from Cicero in the first century BC to the law codes of the fourth century AD share the assumption that authentic and binding ... Read more

    $109.09 USD

  • The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine

    Time, History, and the Fasti

    by Jörg Rüpke ...
    Translated by David M. B. Richardson ...
    This book provides a definitive account of the history of the Roman calendar, offering new reconstructions of its development that demand serious revisions to previous accounts.Examines the critical stages of the technical, political, and religious history of the Roman calendarProvides a comprehensive historical and social contextualization of ancient calendars and chroniclesHighlights the unique ... Read more

    $158.00 USD

  • Religion in Republican Rome

    Rationalization and Ritual Change

    by Jorg Rupke ...
    Series series Empire and After
    Roman religion as we know it is largely the product of the middle and late republic, the period falling roughly between the victory of Rome over its Latin allies in 338 B.C.E. and the attempt of the Italian peoples in the Social War to stop Roman domination, resulting in the victory of Rome over all of Italy in 89 B.C.E. This period witnessed the expansion and elaboration of large public rituals ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Religion and its History

    A Critical Inquiry

    by Jörg Rüpke ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    Religion and its History offers a reflection of our operative concept of religion and religions, developing a set of approaches that bridge the widely assumed gulf between analysing present religion and doing history of religion. Religious Studies have adapted a wide range of methodologies from sociological tool kits to insights and concepts from disciplines of social and cultural studies. Their ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Religion in Republican Rome

    Rationalization and Ritual Change

    by Jorg Rupke, Jörg Rüpke ...
    Series series Empire and After
    Roman religion as we know it is largely the product of the middle and late republic, the period falling roughly between the victory of Rome over its Latin allies in 338 B.C.E. and the attempt of the Italian peoples in the Social War to stop Roman domination, resulting in the victory of Rome over all of Italy in 89 B.C.E. This period witnessed the expansion and elaboration of large public rituals ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • The Limits of Universal Rule

    Eurasian Empires Compared

    Edited by Yuri Pines, Michal Biran, Jörg Rüpke ...
    All major continental empires proclaimed their desire to rule 'the entire world', investing considerable human and material resources in expanding their territory. Each, however, eventually had to stop expansion and come to terms with a shift to defensive strategy. This volume explores the factors that facilitated Eurasian empires' expansion and contraction: from ideology to ecology, economic and ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Tolerance and Intolerance in Religion and Beyond

    Challenges from the Past and in the Present

    Edited by Anne Sarah Matviyets, Giuseppe Veltri, Jörg Rüpke ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    This book focuses on religious tolerance and intolerance in terms of practices, institutions, and intellectual habits. It brings together an array of historical and anthropological studies and philosophical, cognitive, and psychological explorations by established scholars from a range of disciplines.The contributions feature modern and historic instances of tolerance and intolerance across a ... Read more

    $60.99 USD