Imagine no religion: how modern abstractions hide ancient realities

Introduction: what you can see when you stop looking for what isn't there

Religio without "religion"

The Ciceronian turn

Preface to Tertullian

Segregated by a perfect fear

Segregated by a perfect fear. the terrible war band of the anti-emperor: the Coniuratio and the Sacrementum

Governed by a perfect fear

Precarious integration. managing the fears of the Romans: Tertullian on tenterhooks

Imagine no Thrēskeia: the task of the untranslator

The Thrēskeia of the Judaeans: Josephus and the New Testament

Josephus without Judaism: Nomos, Eusebeia, Thrēskeia

A Jewish actor in the audience: Josephan doublespeak

A glance at the future: Thrēskeia and literature of apologetic, first to third centuries C.E.

Conclusion: what you can find when you stop looking for what isn't there.