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Was 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 was a lived religion with individual appropriations evident at the heart of such rituals as praying, dedicating, making vows, and reading. On Roman Religion definitively dismantles...
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"One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018" Jörg Rüpke is vice-director and permanent fellow in religious studies at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt, Germany, and has been a visiting professor at the Collège de France, Princeton University, and the University of Chicago. His many books include On Roman Religion and From Jupiter to Christ.
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La intención de este libro es relatar la historia de una convulsión cuyo impacto marcó una época. Esta es la historia de cómo, a partir de un mundo en el que se practicaban ritos, surgió un mundo de religiones a las que se podía pertenecer. No es una historia en línea recta. Los cambios que se narran no fueron inevitables, nadie podría haberlos previsto, tampoco fueron irreversibles, más bien al contrario. Es una historia viva, dinámica,...
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