Cities and gods
Subtitle: religious space in transition
By: edited by Ted Kaizer, Anna Leone, Edmund Thomas, and Robert Witcher
Series: Babesch : annual papers on Mediterranean archaeology. Supplement -- 22 --2012; Bulletin antieke beschaving -- 22.
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leuven; Paris; Walpole, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9789042929050; 9789042929057
Subjects: Sacred space; Ancient Cities and towns; Religion; Antiquities; Architecture and religion; Religious life and customs
Description: "This volume explores the impact of religious traditions on the physical and social organization of cities in the ancient world. The contributors draw on  diverse theories, methods and evidence to identify the existence of broad similarities and differences in the urban religious experience. Individual papers range from the Roman Republican period to late Antiquity, and encompass the city of Rome, Italy, and both the eastern and western provinces. Specific themes include the relationship between liturgy and temple architecture, the influence of religious traditions on civic spaces, an the impact of Christianity on the pagan city. Together, these papers make the case for the centrality of ritual and religion in the experience of the ancient city and throw light on current debates by providing historical examples of the varied ways in which communities accommodate changing religious practices in the urban fabric."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: "This volume originates in a conference 'Cities and gods: interdisciplinary perspectives', organized by the editors of the present volume at St John's College, Durham, on 6-7 July 2007."--p. vii.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part 1.; title: Religious architecture in urban contexts -- -- Introduction :; title: religious architecture in the Roman Empire, East and West  -- Edmund Thomas; title: The Capitoline temples of Rome and its colonies, Cosa and Pompeii  -- John Stamper; title: Gods, worshippers and temples in the Roman West  -- Louise Revell; title: Changing spaces and shifting attitudes : revisiting the sanctuary of Zeus in Gerasa  -- Rubina Raja -- Part 2.; title: Ritual and perception of sacred urban space -- -- Introduction :; title: cities and gods, then and now  -- Michael J. Crosbie; title: Cities, gods, empire  -- Clifford Ando; title: Temples for Egyptian gods within an urban landscape : the Roman Iseum Campense and the Red Hall of Pergamon as case studies  -- Martin Bommas; title: Creating civic space through religious innovation? The case of the post-Seleucid Beqaa Valley  -- Michael Sommer; title: Temple architecture and urban boundaries in Gaul and Britain : two worlds or one?  -- Penelope Goodman -- Part 3.; title: The impact of new religious traditions on civic space -- -- Introduction :; title: charting and interpreting the impact of new religious traditions on civic space  -- Neil Christie; title: Gortyn : from city of the gods to Christian city  -- Isabella Baldini Lippolis & Giulio Vallarino; title: Characteristics of the Christianisation of space in late antique Rome : new considerations a generation after Charles Pietri's Roma Chrisiana  -- Lucrezia Spera; title: From Belenus to Peter and Paul : Christianity and the protection of the city in late antiquity  -- Claire Sotinel; title: Christian ceremonial and the earthly city -- Allan Doig.