Baptizing into Kin: Religion and Peace in a Multi-ethnic Village in Georgia
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a multi-ethnic village in Georgia, this paper shows how everyday peace is continuously reaffirmed in the tradition of inviting Muslim godparents to baptize Christian children. The Muslim godparents perform the roles of the chosen Christians while at the same time r...
| Publié dans: | Journal of religion in Europe |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of religion in Europe
Année: 2021, Volume: 14, Numéro: 3/4, Pages: 272-296 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Georgien
/ Société multiculturelle
/ Chrétien
/ Baptême
/ Musulman
/ Parrain
/ Dialogue interreligieux
/ Paix
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions AX Dialogue interreligieux CB Spiritualité chrétienne CC Christianisme et religions non-chrétiennes; relations interreligieuses CH Christianisme et société KBK Europe de l'Est |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Rituals
B Performativity B Peace B everyday diplomacy B Cultural Semiotics |
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| Résumé: | Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a multi-ethnic village in Georgia, this paper shows how everyday peace is continuously reaffirmed in the tradition of inviting Muslim godparents to baptize Christian children. The Muslim godparents perform the roles of the chosen Christians while at the same time remaining Muslim. Hybrid local lay-religious practices around the ritual of christening are analyzed within a larger cultural semiotics that allows reciprocity of perspectives and, specifically in this context, enables the recruitment of non-Christians into the role of godparent. Religion serves as a ground for asserting peace. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-bja10060 |