Religion and the everyday life of Manichaeans in Kellis: beyond light and darkness
"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,...
| Published in: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies |
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| Subtitles: | The Manichaeans of Kellis : religion, community, and everyday life |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2022]
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| In: |
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies (volume 102)
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| Series/Journal: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies
volume 102 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kellis (Egypt)
/ Manichaean
/ Religion
/ Everyday life
/ Papyrus
/ History 300-400
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion KBL Near East and North Africa TD Late Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Kellis (Extinct city)
Social life and customs
B Manichaeans (Egypt) (Kellis (Extinct city)) B Thesis B Kellis (Extinct city) Religious life and customs |
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Dissertation erschien unter dem Titel: The Manichaeans of Kellis : religion, community, and everyday life Literaturverzeichnis Seite 344-397 |
| ISBN: | 9004508228 |