Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis : : Beyond Light and Darkness / / Mattias Brand.
"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,...
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| Superior document: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; Volume 102 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;
Volume 102. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (425 pages) |
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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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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 900451029X |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Mattias Brand. |