Gods, the State, and the Individual

John Scheid is Professor of Religion, Institutions, and Society in Ancient Rome at the College de France and author of An Introduction to Roman Religion. Clifford Ando is the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago and Research Fellow in the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies at the University of South Africa. He is author of Law, Language, and Empire in the Roman Tradition, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"John Scheid has offered an excellent monograph on the civic character of Roman religion . . . [H]is erudition and ability to offer a clear and concise discussion makes the volume an indispensable source for anybody interested in Roman religion." (Religious Studies Review) "John Scheid's The Gods, the State, and the Individual is an impassioned intervention in a contemporary debate in the study of ancient religion." (Clifford Ando, from the foreword)

• Translator's ForewordPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. The Critique of Polis-Religion: An InventoryChapter 2. Polis and Republic: The Price of MisunderstandingChapter 3. The Individual in the CityChapter 4. Civic Religion: A Discourse of the Elite?Chapter 5. Civic Religion and IdentityChapter 6. For Whom Were the Rituals Celebrated?Chapter 7. Religious RepressionChapter 8. Civic Religion, a Modality of Communal ReligionChapter 9. Emotion and BeliefChapter 10. Why Did Roman Religion Change?Chapter 11. The Gods, the State, and the IndividualNotesIndexAcknowledgments