03483nam a2200517Ka 4500 ocn808367311 OCoLC 20200709055553.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120827s2012 enk ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781139548960 (electronic bk.) 1139548964 (electronic bk.) 9780521110921 0521110920 9780521127738 0521127734 (OCoLC)808367311 473262 (N$T) e-gr--- BL783 .K565 2012eb OCC 036020 bisacsh REL 072000 bisacsh 292.08 23 HIS002000 bisacsh N$TA Kindt, Julia, 1975- Rethinking Greek religion [electronic resource] / Julia Kindt. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (pages cm.) "Who marched in religious processions and why? How were blood sacrifice and communal feasting related to identities in the ancient Greek city? With questions such as these, current scholarship aims to demonstrate the ways in which religion maps on to the socio-political structures of the Greek polis ('polis religion'). In this book Dr Kindt explores a more comprehensive conception of ancient Greek religion beyond this traditional paradigm. Comparative in method and outlook, the book invites its readers to embark on an interdisciplinary journey touching upon such diverse topics as religious belief, personal religion, magic and theology. Specific examples include the transformation of tyrant property into ritual objects, the cultural practice of setting up dedications at Olympia, and a man attempting to make love to Praxiteles' famous statue of Aphrodite. The book will be valuable for all students and scholars seeking to understand the complex phenomenon of ancient Greek religion"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Beyond the polis: rethinking Greek religion; 2. Parmeniscus' journey: tracing religious visuality in word and wood; 3. On tyrant property turned ritual object: political power and sacred symbols in ancient Greece and in social anthropology; 4. Rethinking boundaries: the place of magic within the religious culture of ancient Greece; 5. The 'local' and the 'panhellenic' reconsidered: Olympia, dedications and the religious culture of ancient Greece; 6. 'The sex appeal of the inorganic': seeing, touching and knowing the divine during the Second Sophistic; Conclusion. Description based on print version record. Greece Religion. HISTORY / Ancient / General. bisacsh BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism bisacsh RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Kindt, Julia, 1975- Rethinking Greek religion. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521110921 (DLC) 2012013652 (OCoLC)785872030 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=473262 Cover image http://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/10921/cover/9780521110921.jpg cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51505 51505