Antike Religion im Kontext / Ancient Religion in Context

Jan N. Bremmer, Georgia Petridou and Jörg Rüpke
Antike Religion im Kontext / Ancient Religion in Context 
Encyclopedia
(series: Der Neue Pauly Supplemente)
J. B. Metzler Berlin, Heidelberg, 2026
ISBN: 978-3-662-73231-1 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 978-3-662-73232-8 (eBook, to be published in January 2027)
299,99 EUR

This Pauly Supplement volume explores the religions of the Greco-Roman world in 86 articles in English and German, from ancestors and asceticism to knowledge and widows. The contributions focus on the use of religious actions or meanings by ancient actors in a variety of areas and situations of social interaction. Combining encyclopaedic information and essayistic overview, they describe how people of the ancient Mediterranean world used religion routinely, unconsciously or consciously, exceptionally or strategically. Ancient religion is presented in this volume as "lived religion", as "ancient religion in context".

The editors:

• Jan N. Bremmer is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History and Religious Studies at the University of Groningen.
• Georgia Petridou is Senior Lecturer in the History of Ancient Greece at the University of Liverpool.
• Jörg Rüpke has been a Fellow in Religious Studies since 2008 and Deputy Director of the Max-Weber-Kolleg for Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt since 2013.