Religion is constantly created and recreated by its practitioners

What is it about?

Religion is often seen as a set of beliefs and practices that are pre-defined and monitored by religious and political authorities. We have shown for Mediterranean antiquity that individual initiative and appropriation of religious practices (agency), the material instantiations of such religious action and the sharing of religious experiences by narrating permanently shape and modify religion. Lived ancient religion is always religion in the making.

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Why is it important?

For the first time a focus of lived religion has been applied to ancient religion in a wide range of case study throughout the Mediterranean world, from the Latin West and Italy to Roman Egypt and Syria.