Calling Upon Gods, Offering Bodies: Strategies of Human-Divine Communication in the Roman Empire from Individual Experience to Social Reproduction

Calling Upon Gods, Offering Bodies analyses the micro and macro strategies employed in the Roman World for communication with the supernatural. From lexical to physical utterances, from socializing materiality to personal appropriation, the chapters of this book demonstrate the variety and performative creativity of Roman religions.

Antón Alvar Nuño is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Málaga (Spain). He has specialized in the study of ancient magic and religion from a bottom-up perspective.

Clelia Martínez Maza is full professor of Ancient History at University of Málaga. Her main research lines are: Religions in Late Antiquity with a particular interest in the relationship between Christianity and pre-Christian religions, Christianization of the Roman Empire, and Women’s Religious Life in Antiquity. She has published more than 100 publications in national and international publishers of recognized impact.

Jaime Alvar Ezquerra is Professor of Ancient History, specialized on Roman Polytheism. He is corresponding member of the Real Academia de la Historia and of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.