Study of Greek and Roman Religions

Nickolas P. Roubekas is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. His previous publications include An Ancient Theory of Religion: Euhemerism from Antiquity to the Present (2017), Theorizing “Religion” in Antiquity (2018), Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth (2020), and The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion (2nd ed., 2021). He is editor-in-chief of NUMEN: International Review for the History of Religions.

• Acknowledgments1. “Closing a Book None the Wiser”; Or Should a Scholar of Religion Happen to Meet a Classicist2. Burning Bridges?3. (No) Greek and Roman “Religions”4. Comparative Nausea5. The Departing Gods6. Re(ap)proaching the Study of Greek and Roman ReligionsAppendix I—Re: HesiodAppendix II—On BeliefAppendix III—A Typology of ReligionsReferencesIndex

This book is one of a kind. Nickolas P. Roubekas successfully demonstrates how Greek and Roman religions have been historically studied in a one-sided manner. Consequently, he offers appealing and innovative discussions on how this could be amended, primarily by suggesting a more inter-disciplinary collaboration, which includes the findings of the cognitive science of religion.