La Soteriologia Dei Culti Orientali Nellвђ™ Imper... Apr 2026

For a serious researcher, this volume is indispensable. It doesn't just describe rituals; it interrogates the theology behind them. While newer studies exist, the conceptual framework established here—particularly the typologies of soteriology—continues to influence how we talk about Roman religious pluralism today.

: With contributions in Italian, French, German, and English, it covers an exhaustive range of cults, including Mithraism, the Isiac cults, Cybele and Attis, and Gnosticism. La soteriologia dei culti orientali nell’ Imper...

: Published in the early 1980s, some of its "orientalist" framing has been updated by more recent scholarship which questions the very category of "Oriental Religions." For a serious researcher, this volume is indispensable