6 ERC Advanced Grant “Lived Ancient Religion”

Abstract

local oligarchies) but as individuals who (independently of their social position) act as decision-makers and conscious modifiers of established religious patterns. I pro-vide a different account on the social dimension of Isiac religious practice, including variety, creativity, religious multiplicity, fluidity and flexibility of identities, changes in forms of individuality, and spaces for individual distinction. The Isiac cults can be investigated as a practical resource available to emergent or self-styled religious providers.