Book contents
- Isis in a Global Empire
- Isis in a Global Empire
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One Egyptian Religion and the Problem of Greekness
- Chapter Two Building Groupness
- Chapter Three Deterritorializing Theology?
- Chapter Four Self-understanding
- Chapter Five Self-fashioning
- Chapter Six Self-location
- Chapter Seven Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter Two - Building Groupness
Isis’ Devotees and Their Communities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 February 2022
- Isis in a Global Empire
- Isis in a Global Empire
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One Egyptian Religion and the Problem of Greekness
- Chapter Two Building Groupness
- Chapter Three Deterritorializing Theology?
- Chapter Four Self-understanding
- Chapter Five Self-fashioning
- Chapter Six Self-location
- Chapter Seven Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter explores the idea of a cohesive Isiac identity in Roman Greece. Using R. Brubaker’s paradigm of groupness, it examines epigraphic and literary evidence that suggests the cults’ structures encouraged active devotees to identify with the cults. It also explores the geographic and spatial distribution of this evidence, which indicates that devotee communities at different sites sought to build religious and social ties across the region.
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- Isis in a Global EmpireGreek Identity through Egyptian Religion in Roman Greece, pp. 29 - 58Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022