Matter of the Gods Religion and the Roman Empire

Name: Matter of the Gods Religion and the Roman Empire
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ISBN: 9780520259867

ISBN-10: 0520259866

ISBN-13: 9780520259867

Edition: 2008

Authors: Clifford Ando, C. Ando

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What did the Romans know about their gods? Why did they perform the rituals of their religion, and what motivated them to change those rituals? To these questions Clifford Ando proposes simple answers: In contrast to ancient Christians, who had faith, Romans had knowledge, and their knowledge was empirical in orientation. In other words, the Romans acquired knowledge of the gods through observation of the world, and their rituals were maintained or modified in light of what they learned. After a preface and opening chapters that lay out this argument about knowledge and place it in context,The Matter of the Godspursues a variety of themes essential to the study of religion in history.

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/13/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations



Religion, Law, and Knowledge in Classical Rome



The Limits of Orthopraxy



Idols and Their Critics



Interpretatio Romana



Religion and Ius Publicum



Gods of the Far-Flung Empire



A Religion for the Empire



Religion and Imperialism at Rome



The Palladium and the Pentateuch


Bibliography


General Index


Index Locorum