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Cambridge Classical Studies: Reviving Roman Religion: Sacred Trees in the Roman World
Ailsa Hunt
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hardcover. Argues that thinking about sacred trees in Roman culture forces us to rethink how we understand Roman religion. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 342 pages, 17 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Sacred trees are easy to dismiss as a simplistic, weird phenomenon, but this book argues that in fact they prompted sophisticated theological thinking in the Roman world. Challenging major aspects of current scholarly constructions of Roman religion, Ailsa Hunt rethinks what sacrality means in Roman culture, proposing an organic model which defies the current legalistic approach. She approaches Roman religion as a 'thinking' religion (in contrast to the ingrained idea of Roman religion as orthopraxy) and warns against writing the environment out of our understanding of Roman religion, as has happened to date. In addition, the individual trees showcased in ... Read more
Sacred trees are easy to dismiss as a simplistic, weird phenomenon, but this book argues that in fact they prompted sophisticated theological thinking in the Roman world. Challenging major aspects of current scholarly constructions of Roman religion, Ailsa Hunt rethinks what sacrality means in Roman culture, proposing an organic model which defies the current legalistic approach. She approaches Roman religion as a 'thinking' religion (in contrast to the ingrained idea of Roman religion as orthopraxy) and warns against writing the environment out of our understanding of Roman religion, as has happened to date. In addition, the individual trees showcased in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Cambridge Classical Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107153547
SKU
V9781107153547
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About Ailsa Hunt
Ailsa Hunt is Isaac Newton Research Fellow in Classics at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
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