Dr Ralph Anderson

Dr Ralph Anderson

Lecturer

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 2619
Email
rta1@st-andrews.ac.uk
Office
C29
Location
Craigard

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Research areas

Greek religion, ritual and magic; anthropology of religion.

My research focuses on Greek religion of the fourth and fifth centuries BC, primarily in Athens, although I am also interested in earlier Greek religion and the emergence of the more familiar Classical religious system. The project that I am currently engaged in is to explore ways of conceptualising a religion that does not emphasise belief or faith without recourse to the traditional dichotomy of religions of belief vs. religions of performance. This older framework reflects key debates in the Early Modern period - particularly the impacts of the Reformation andÌý early Enlightenment study of religion on the concepts of religion and belief - but provides a problematic model for Greek religion. In place of an approachÌýbased on belief and ritual, I am attempting to develop an perspective based on recent anthropological work on concepts of perception, skill and experience.

PhD supervision

  • AneirinÌýPendragon

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Anderson, R. T., 16 Jul 2021, Divination and knowledge in Greco-Roman antiquity. Addey, C. (ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 84-108 25 p. (Routledge monographs in classical studies).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Open access
    Anderson, R. T., 5 Sept 2017, Prophets and Profits : Ancient Divination and Its Reception. Evans, R. (ed.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. Acta Classica Supplement 9. p. 50-64 14 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Anderson, R. T., Oct 2015, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion. Eidinow, E. & Kindt, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 309-324 15 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Anderson, R. T., 28 Nov 2011, In: Journal of Hellenic Studies. 131, p. 230 230 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

  • Anderson, R. T., 2011, The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Ancient History. Wiley-Blackwell

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  • Anderson, R. T., 2011, The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Ancient History. Wiley-Blackwell

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  • Anderson, R. T., 2010, In: Ancient West and East. 9, p. 357-359 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

  • Anderson, R. T., 2009, Omnibus, 58, p. 14-16 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  • Anderson, R. T., May 2007, In: Times Higher Education Supplement. 18 May 2007

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

  • Anderson, R. T., 2006, In: Journal of Hellenic Studies. 126, p. 184 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

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