Ritual matters : material residues of ancient religions /

"Ritual Matters interrupts the anachronistic binaries of religious practice and belief, the material and the theological, by taking a new approach to the study of archaeological remains of ancient religions. Focusing on the materiality of ritual--inherent in everything from monumental temples a...

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Other Authors: Knust, Jennifer Wright, 1966- (Editor), Moser, Claudia (Editor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press 2017.
Series:Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Supplementary volume ; 13.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3998/mpub.9514628
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Summary:"Ritual Matters interrupts the anachronistic binaries of religious practice and belief, the material and the theological, by taking a new approach to the study of archaeological remains of ancient religions. Focusing on the materiality of ritual--inherent in everything from monumental temples and altars, to votive offerings and codices, to sanctioned inscriptions and reliefs--allows for a novel vantage point from which to consider ancient religious practices, as well as an important counterbalance to more traditional conceptual perspectives often privileged in the field ... Topics covered include funerary remains, sacrificial practices, "magic," Roman altars, imperial reliefs and statuary, and the role of sacred books"--Publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780472123308
0472123300
9780472130573
0472130579