Religion

ISBN: 9789042921603
Published by : Peeters Press
The religion of Mithraism spread throughout the Roman Empire, but has hitherto not been attested on Malta. Because of its secretive nature, and the small subterranean shrines which constituted its places of worship, evidence for Mithraism has ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789089641779
Published by : Amsterdam University Press
Cult places had a pivotal function among the various 'Italic' tribes known to us from the ancient sources, which had been gradually conquered and subsequently controlled by Rome. Through an analysis of archaeological, literary and epigraphic ev... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780670021260
Published by : Penguin Books Ltd
A huge and ambitious history of Christianity, beginning, as the subtitle suggests, not with Jesus himself, but with Christianity's Jewish and Classical origins. The main body of the text emphasises the huge variety of Christianity... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780856687983
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Classical Texts
This edition of St Augustine's City of God is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity. In this book, written in the af... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780856687938
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Classical Texts
This edition of St Augustine's City of God is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity. In this book, written in the af... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780292716933
Published by : University of Texas Press
Since there was a religious or ritualistic solution to most of Rome's problems and dilemmas, women indirectly played a role in maintaining order and stability through their participation in religious practices. In Vestal Virgins, Sibyls and Ma... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780292716940
Published by : University of Texas Press
Since there was a religious or ritualistic solution to most of Rome's problems and dilemmas, women indirectly played a role in maintaining order and stability through their participation in religious practices. In Vestal Virgins, Sibyls and Ma... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780520250833
Published by : University of California Press
Oxbow says: The central argument of this study is that, in matters of religion, the Romans had an orthopraxy. Whereas Christians had faith to guide their beliefs and practices, the Romans had empirical knowledge based on their observations of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780520259867
Published by : University of California Press
Oxbow says: The central argument of this study is that, in matters of religion, the Romans had an orthopraxy. Whereas Christians had faith to guide their beliefs and practices, the Romans had empirical knowledge based on their observations of ... .... Learn More