Rome and Religion

This book presents an up-to-date discussion of the Roman imperial cult (the divinization of the emperor) and its general importance in early Christianity and ancient Mediterranean religions. It features opening and closing essays by Karl Galinsky a foremost authority on Roman history and culture. Thirteen other essays explore related aspects and draw on a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives including theory method archaeology epigraphy and art. The authors are classicists biblical and religious scholars historians and archaeologists with expertise in various cultural milieus. Reflecting this spectrum of backgrounds and interests the book addresses issues and phenomena covering a broad expanse of subjects locations and methodological concerns.The contributors are Jeffrey Brodd Warren Carter Nancy Evans Steven J. Friesen Karl Galinsky James Constantine Hanges Robin M. Jensen James S. McClaren Eric M. Orlin Jonathan L. Reed Daniel N. Schowalter