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In this book, Philip Kiernan explores how cult images functioned in Roman temples from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity in the Roman west. He demonstrates how and why a temple's idols, were more important to ritual than other images such as votive offerings and decorative sculpture. These idols were seen by many to be divine and possessed of agency. They were, thus, the primary focus of worship. Aided by cross-cultural comparative material, Kiernan's study brings a biographical approach to explore the 'lives' of idols and cult images - how they were created, housed in temples, used and worshipped, and eventually destroyed or buried. He also shows how the status of cult images could change, how new idols and other cult images were being continuously created, and how, in each phase of their lives, we find evidence for the significant power of idols.

Idols and images --- Rome --- Religion. --- Iconography --- Images and idols --- Religious images --- Statuettes --- Animism --- Art, Primitive --- Art and religion --- Fetishism --- Magic --- Religion --- Sculpture, Primitive --- Symbolism --- Gods in art --- Iconography, Religious --- Religious iconography --- Religious statuettes --- Statuettes, Religious --- Religious art --- Sacred space --- Sculpture, Roman

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Dieser Band führt die kultur- und religionshistorische Forschung zum Thema Bilder, Heilige und Reliquien interdisziplinär weiter. Thematisch spannt sich der Bogen von der Ablehnung des Bilderkults in der Bibel und im frühen Christentum über die Entwicklung eines ausgeprägten Bilder- und Reliquienkults im spätantiken und mittelalterlichen Christentum bis zur Kritik an diesem Kult in der Reformation. Die interdisziplinäre Vielfalt von kirchen-, kultur-, sozial-, kunst- und religionshistorischen Annäherungen eröffnet neue Perspektiven auf diese wichtige Thematik der Religionsgeschichte. Die Beiträge geben wichtige Impulse für die weitere Forschung zu Bildern, Heiligen und Reliquien in der Christentumsgeschichte, aber auch in Judentum, Islam und Buddhismus.

Icons --- Saints --- Relics. --- Christian saints in art. --- Cult --- History of doctrines. --- Idols and images --- Relics --- Christian saints in art --- 264-052 --- 235.3*15 --- 235.3*18 --- 291.213 --- 291 <08> --- 291 <08> Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend--Verzamelwerken. Reeksen --- 291 <08> Science et histoire comparée des religions--Verzamelwerken. Reeksen --- Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend--Verzamelwerken. Reeksen --- Science et histoire comparée des religions--Verzamelwerken. Reeksen --- 291.213 Verering van mensen: halfgoden; helden; heiligen; heersers (apotheose) --- Verering van mensen: halfgoden; helden; heiligen; heersers (apotheose) --- 235.3*18 Hagiografie: beelden --- Hagiografie: beelden --- 235.3*15 Hagiografie: vereringsgeschiedenis --- Hagiografie: vereringsgeschiedenis --- Iconography --- Images and idols --- Religious images --- Statuettes --- Animism --- Art, Primitive --- Art and religion --- Fetishism --- Magic --- Religion --- Sculpture, Primitive --- Symbolism --- Gods in art --- Eikons --- Ikons --- Christian art and symbolism --- Persons --- Relics and reliquaries --- Bones --- Religious articles --- 264-052 Verering van relikwieën --- Verering van relikwieën --- History of doctrines --- Worship --- History --- Iconography, Religious --- Religious iconography --- Religious statuettes --- Statuettes, Religious --- Religious art --- Reliques