Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: the debate about pagan monotheism
- 2 Pagan monotheism as a religious phenomenon
- 3 Pagan ritual and monotheism
- 4 The case for pagan monotheism in Greek and Graeco-Roman antiquity
- 5 Monotheism between cult and politics: the themes of the ancient debate between pagan and Christian monotheism
- 6 The price of monotheism: some new observations on a current debate about late antiquity
- 7 Megatheism: the search for the almighty god and the competition of cults
- 8 Deus deum … summorum maximus (Apuleius): ritual expressions of distinction in the divine world in the imperial period
- 9 Further thoughts on the cult of Theos Hypsistos
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index of authors, works and citations
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 May 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: the debate about pagan monotheism
- 2 Pagan monotheism as a religious phenomenon
- 3 Pagan ritual and monotheism
- 4 The case for pagan monotheism in Greek and Graeco-Roman antiquity
- 5 Monotheism between cult and politics: the themes of the ancient debate between pagan and Christian monotheism
- 6 The price of monotheism: some new observations on a current debate about late antiquity
- 7 Megatheism: the search for the almighty god and the competition of cults
- 8 Deus deum … summorum maximus (Apuleius): ritual expressions of distinction in the divine world in the imperial period
- 9 Further thoughts on the cult of Theos Hypsistos
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index of authors, works and citations
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- One GodPagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire, pp. v - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010