From Jupiter to Christ: On the History of Religion in the Roman Imperial Period

by Jörg Rüpke

The history of Roman imperial religion is of fundamental importance to the history of religion in Europe. Emerging from a decade of research, From Jupiter to Christ demonstrates that the decisive change within the Roman imperial period was not a growing number of religions or changes in their ranking and success, but a modification of the idea of "religion" and a change in the social place of religious practices and beliefs. Religion is shown to be...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198703724
• ISBN13: 9780198703723
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"