Csaba Szabo, one of the most active current Mithras scholars, has a new book out from Cambridge Scholars Publishing on Mithras in Dacia. His blog, with details, is here.
Details:
Csaba Szabó, Mithras in Roman Dacia: Local Appropriations of a Universal God. Cambridge Scholars (2026). ISBN13: 978-1-0364-7770-7.
Blurb:
The Roman cult of Mithras ranks among the ancient religious traditions that have left some of the most striking archaeological remains in Central and Eastern Europe. This volume examines the epigraphic and figurative evidence of the Roman cult of Mithras from the territory of the Roman province of Dacia (modern Romania) through a new and innovative methodology grounded in an interdisciplinary approach. Particular attention is devoted to the centuries-long historiographical tradition of Mithraic scholarship, contemporary developments in the archaeology of religion, and the phenomenon of religious glocalism. Within this framework, Mithras is analysed not merely as a universal and global deity within the religious landscape of the Roman Empire, but also as a glocal divinity actively shaped by local individuals and communities of Dacia.
I’m not sure that “glocal” is a word, but never mind.
Cover:
Likely to be good. Available for pre-order, or so I gather.
Yes, glocal is a word, used by geographers. The meaning is local interpretation/assimilation of a global phenomenon
It’s not a legitimate English word. Indeed whoever coined it had no feel whatever for English. Ew.
Alas, it was coined by native English speakers in the United States. In half the colloquiums I went when I was doing my PhD, the word was used. It’s one of those technical jargon words that the general public is mostly unaware of. I have never used it, but it was not related to the topic of my dissertation.
Oh I quite believe that it was coined in the US.