Icons of Power: Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity

By Naomi Janowitz

Book Overview

Janowitz sifts through the polemics to make sense of the daunting mosaic of religious belief and practice in Late Antiquity. Janowitz reveals how ritual practitioners held common assumptions about why their rituals worked and how to perform them. Icons of Power makes an important contribution to our understanding of society in Late Antiquity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271058374
• ISBN13: 9780271058375
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"