Theorizing "Religion" in Antiquity

Nickolas P. Roubekas is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. He is the author of : , , (Vanias, 2011) and An Ancient Theory of Religion: Euhemerism from Antiquity to the Present (Routledge, 2017).

• Series Editor PrefacePhil Tite, University of WashingtonEditor Preface1. Introduction: The Present and Future of Ancient ReligionBrent Nongbri, Aarhus UniversityPART I: FROM LANGUAGE TO METHOD2. Our Language and Theirs: `Religious' Categories and IdentitiesSteve Mason, Groningen University3. The Value(s) of Belief: Ancient Religion, Cognitive Science, and InterdisciplinarityJason P. Davies, University College London4. Imagining Religion in Antiquity: A How ToKevin Schilbrack, Appalachian State UniversityPART II: THE GREEK WORLD5. Philosophical Reflections on the Presocratics: A Contribution to the Scientific Study of ReligionDonald Wiebe, University of Toronto6. Impiety and Versions of Rationalization of Religion in Classical GreeceEmese Mogyorodi, University of Szeged, Hungary7. Theorizing About (Which?) Origins: Herodotus on the GodsNickolas P. RoubekasPART III: FROM MESOPOTAMIA TO ROME8. Ancient Mesopotamian Scholars, Ritual Speech, and Theorizing Religion without `Theory' or `Religion'Alan Lenzi, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California9. Magic and Religion in Ancient EgyptRita Lucarelli, University of California, Berkeley10. Manipulating `Religion': The Egyptian Theologoumena in Diodorus SiculusPanayotis Pachis, Aristotle University11. Metaphor and Religion in Ancient RomeSpencer E. Cole, University of MinnesotaPART IV: FROM JUDAISM TO CHRISTIANITY12. Defining Judaism: The Case of PhiloMichael L. Satlow, Brown University13. Religion, Geography, and the Impossibility of Jewish IdentitySarah Imhoff, Indiana University14. Whither Shall We Go? Tertullian and Christian Identity FormationNickolas P. Roubekas15. The Anachronism of `Early Christian Communities'Sarah E. Rollens, Rhodes College, Memphis, TennesseePART V: TOPICS IN THE STUDY OF (ANCIENT) RELIGION16. Cognitive Study of (Ancient) ReligionsLeonardo Ambasciano, Masaryk University, Czech Republic17. Cultural GeographyJustin K. H. Tse, Northwestern University18. TextsJames Crossley, St Mary's University, London19. GenderIrene Salvo, Georg-August University Goettingen, Germany21. Epilogue: The Jabberwocky Dilemma: Take Religion for ExampleLuther H. Martin, University of Vermont