Should We Define Our Categories? On Jennifer Larson’s Understanding Greek Religion

Authors

  • Nickolas P. Roubekas University of Vienna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.36261

Keywords:

cognitive science of religion, Greek history

Abstract

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Author Biography

  • Nickolas P. Roubekas, University of Vienna

    Nickolas P. Roubekas is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Vienna. He is the author of An Ancient Theory of Religion: Euhemerism from Antiquity to the Present (Routledge, 2017) and editor of Theorizing 'Religion' in Antiquity ((Equinox, forthcoming 2019).

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Published

2018-12-04

Issue

Section

Book Review Symposium: Jennifer Larson's 'Understanding Greek Religion' (2016)

How to Cite

Roubekas, N. P. (2018). Should We Define Our Categories? On Jennifer Larson’s Understanding Greek Religion. Journal of Cognitive Historiography, 4(1), 42-46. https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.36261