Urban religion in late antiquity

Urban religion in late antiquity

Urban Religion is an emerging research field cutting across various social science disciplines, all of them dealing with “lived religion” in contemporary and (mainly) global cities. It describes the reciprocal formation and mutual influence of religion and urbanity in both their material and ideatio...

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Other Authors: Urciuoli, Emiliano Rubens (auth), Urciuoli, Emiliano Rubens, editor, contributor (editor), Lätzer-Lasar, Asuman, editor, contributor (contributor), Rüpke, Jörg, contributor, Raja, Rubina, 1975- contributor, Clifford, Ando, contributor, Dirk, Steuernagel, contributor, Emiliano, Rubens Urciuoli, contributor, Hartmut, Leppin, contributor, Heidi, Wendt, contributor, Jörg, Rüpke, contributor, Lara, Weiss, contributor, Michael, Blömer, contributor, Michele Renee, Salzman, contributor, Paroma, Chatterjee, contributor, Rubina, Raja, contributor, Teresa, Morgan, contributor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter 2021
[2020]
Series:Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten.
Subjects:
To 1500
Religion > Customs and practices > Mediterranean Region > To 900.
Cities and towns, Ancient > Mediterranean Region.
RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology.
Mediterranean Region > Religion > History > To 900.
History.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429266506719
Table of Contents:
  • Intersecting religion and urbanity in late antiquity
  • A tale of no cities
  • The children of Cain
  • Faith and the city in the 4th century CE
  • Intellectualizing religion in the cities of the Roman Empire
  • The city of the dead or: the making of a cultural geography
  • A new “topography of devotion”
  • City of prophecies
  • Creating a city of believers: Rabbula of Edessa
  • Sacred spaces and new cities in the Byzantine East
  • Roman baths as locations of religious practice
  • Index

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