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008			161024s2016 enka ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9781316597859 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
020			_a9781316811542 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aBL805 _b.R485 2016
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aHunt, Ailsa, _e1
245	1	0	_aReviving Roman religion : _bsacred trees in the Roman world / _cAilsa Hunt.
260			_aCambridge, United Kingdom : _bCambridge University Press, _c(c)2016.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 333 pages.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aCambridge classical studies
520	8		_aSacred trees are easy to dismiss as a simplistic, weird phenomenon, but this book argues that in fact they prompted sophisticated theological thinking in the Roman world. Challenging major aspects of current scholarly constructions of Roman religion, Ailsa Hunt rethinks what sacrality means in Roman culture, proposing an organic model which defies the current legalistic approach. She approaches Roman religion as a 'thinking' religion (in contrast to the engrained idea of Roman religion as orthopraxy) and warns against writing the environment out of our understanding of Roman religion, as has happened to date. Moreover, the individual trees showcased in this book have much to tell us which enriches and thickens our portraits of Roman religion, be it the subtleties of engaging in imperial cult, the meaning of numen, the interpretation of portents, or the way statues of the Divine communicate.
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505	0	0	_aRooting in: why give time to sacred trees? -- _tA brief history of tree-thinking: the enduring power of animism -- _tHow arboreal matter matters: rethinking sacrality through trees -- _tArboriculture and arboreal deaths: rethinking sacrality again -- _tConfronting arboreal agency: reading the divine in arboreal behaviour -- _tImagining the gods: how trees flesh out the identity of the divine -- _tBranching out: what sacred trees mean for Roman religion.
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650		0	_aTrees _xReligious aspects.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell