From Jupiter To Christ: On The History Of Religion In The Roman Imperial Period

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.

• | Author: Jörg Rüpke (Theoloog)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 24, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0198703724
• | ISBN-13: 9780198703723