Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis : : Beyond Light and Darkness / / Mattias Brand.

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; Volume 102
• VerfasserIn: Brand, Mattias, 1986-
• 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)

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Makarios's Family: Manichaeans at Home in the Oasis -- Pamour's Connections: Religion beyond a Conflict Model -- Orion's Language: Manichaean Self-Designation in the Kellis Papyri -- Tehat's Gifts: Everyday Community Boundaries -- The Deacon's Practice: Manichaean Gatherings with Prayer and Psalm Singing -- Matthaios's Grief: Manichaean Death Rituals -- Ision's Books: Scribal Culture and Access to Manichaean Texts -- Conclusion: Untidy History: Manichaeanness in Everyday Life.