This volume advances our understanding of early Christianity as a lived religion by approaching it through its rites, the emotions and affects surrounding those

Informed by the paradigmatic shift in ritual and liturgical studies, this volume offers analyses of key ritual traditions in early Christianity. The case studie

Scholars of religion have long assumed that ritual and belief constitute the fundamental building blocks of religious traditions and that these two components o

Scholars across many fields have come to realize that ritual is an integral element of human life and a vital aspect of all human societies. Yet, this realizati

This volume utilizes Catherine Bell's ritual theory to shed new light on the many rituals reflected in ancient Mediterranean texts. In recent decades scholars o