Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Brief contents vii
3. Detailed Contents ix
4. Preface xv
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Abbreviations xxi
7. Introduction: roman religion, from intuitions to institutions 1
8. Part I Theoretical Foundations
9. 1 Losing Belief 25
10. 2 Recovering Belief 59
11. 3 Belief and Emotion, Belief and Action 98
12. 4 Shared Belief, Shared Agency, Social Norms 136
13. 5 Shared Belief, Social Ontology, Power 172
14. Part II Case Studies
15. 6 Belief and Cult: Lucretius’s Roman Theory 207
16. 7 Ad incunabula. Children’s cult as cognitive apprenticeship 244
17. 8 The “Folk Theology” of Roman Prayer: Content, context, and commitment 291
18. 9 Inauguratio: belief, ritual, and religious power 337
19. Epilog: Comparison, Explanation, and Belief 371
20. Glossary 395
21. References 399
22. Index Locorum 447
23. General Index 459
24. A note on the type 469