Icons of Power
| Author | : Naomi Janowitz |
| Publisher | : Penn State Press |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2010-11-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0271047917 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780271047911 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (911 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Icons of Power by : Naomi Janowitz
Download or read book Icons of Power written by Naomi Janowitz and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janowitz sifts through the polemics to make sense of the daunting mosaic of religious belief and practice in Late Antiquity. Janowitz reveals how ritual practitioners held common assumptions about why their rituals worked and how to perform them. Icons of Power makes an important contribution to our understanding of society in Late Antiquity.
