Appropriating Religion: Methodological Issues in Testing the 'Lived Ancient Religion' Approach
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: This article presents the concept of lived ancient religion as the methodological perspective underlying the contributions to this issue. For antiquity, the term is employed in order to denote an approach that focusses on the individual appropriation and embodiment of traditions, religious experiences and communication of religion in different social spaces, and the interaction of different levels facilitated by religious specialists. This approach is intended to replace the dated (and, with regard to Mediterranean antiquity, anachronistic) model of state religion and religions/cults in its variants.
Source: Religion in the Roman Empire
Authors: Rubina Raja, Jörg Rüpke
Institution: Aarhus University
Language: English
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2916635035