Group Identity and Religious Individuality in Late Antiquity ISBN: 9780813227443 Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / The Catholic University of America Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters Subjects: Group identity; Group identity; Identification (Religion); Christian life; Christianity;
To understand the past, we necessarily group people together and, consequently, frequently assume that all of its members share the same attributes. In this ground-breaking volume, Eric Rebillard and Jörg Rüpke bring renowned scholars together to challenge this norm by seeking to rediscover the individual and to explore the dynamics between individuals and the groups to which they belong.