TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconsidering “popular religion” for a new era
AU - Grig, Lucy
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - This brief methodological essay reconsiders the utility of the concept of ‘popular religion’ for a new generation of scholarship. It examines the genealogy and problems of the model of ‘popular religion’ and considers alternative models, including ‘lived religion’. It concludes that ‘popular religion’ could provide a productive way forward, drawing on the model of popular culture, with examples drawn from Late Antiquity.
AB - This brief methodological essay reconsiders the utility of the concept of ‘popular religion’ for a new generation of scholarship. It examines the genealogy and problems of the model of ‘popular religion’ and considers alternative models, including ‘lived religion’. It concludes that ‘popular religion’ could provide a productive way forward, drawing on the model of popular culture, with examples drawn from Late Antiquity.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104822499&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1525/sla.2021.5.1.139
DO - 10.1525/sla.2021.5.1.139
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85104822499
VL - 5
SP - 139
EP - 149
JO - Studies in Late Antiquity
JF - Studies in Late Antiquity
SN - 2470-2048
IS - 1
ER -