Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries
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ancient cultic traditions
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Ancient Rome
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female ritual roles
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Greco Roman Cults
Greco Roman Religion
Greco Roman World
Harlot
Held
Hellenistic religious practices
Jewish Renewal Movement
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Late Republic
Livy
MAGNA MATER
Magna Mater Cult
Mediterranean religious history
Mid-first Century CE
Parent Religion
postmodern gender analysis
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Priestess
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Roman imperial religion
Roman Society
Rome's Late Republic
Rome’s Late Republic
Valerius Maximus
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Vestal Virgins
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- ISBN 9780415107488
- Weight: 385g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 19 Sep 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries focuses on religion during the period of Roman imperial rule and its significance in women's lives. It discusses the rich variety of religious expression, from pagan cults and classical mythology to ancient Judaism and early Christianity, and the wide array of religious functions fulfilled by women. The author analyses key examples from each context, creating a vivid image of this crucial period which laid the foundations of western civilization. The study challenges the concepts of religion and of women in the light of post-modern critique. As such, it is an important contribution to contemporary gender theory. In its broad and interdisciplinary approach, this book will be of interest to students of early religion as well as those involved in cultural theory.
