Publikationsdatum:
2024-04-08
Beschreibung:
Religion is never simply there. In Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis, Mattias Brand shows where and when ordinary individuals and families in Egypt practiced a Manichaean way of life. Rather than portraying this ancient religion as a well-structured, totalizing community, the fourth-century papyri sketch a dynamic image of lived religious practice, with all the contradictions, fuzzy boundaries, and limitations of everyday life. Following these microhistorical insights, this book demonstrates how family life, gift-giving, death rituals, communal gatherings, and book writing are connected to our larger academic debates about religious change in late antiquity.
Schlagwort(e):
Egypt
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Manichaean
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ancient religion
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late antiquity
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bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs
Sprache:
Englisch
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