The Stranger at the Feast : Prohibition and Mediation in an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Community

The Stranger at the Feast Prohibition and Mediation in an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Community

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"The Stranger at the Feast is the first full-length ethnographic study of Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity. Based on two years of field study on the Zege peninsula on Lake Tana between 2008 and 2014, the book follows the material relationships by which Ethiopian Orthodox Christians relate to God...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Boylston, Tom, 1980- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland University of California Press 2018
Berkeley, CA : [2018]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Anthropology of Christianity.
Materias:
Mediation > Religious aspects > Christianity > Case studies.
Taboo > Ethiopia > Case studies.
Christianity > Ethiopia > Case studies.
Ethiopia > Church history.
class distinctions.
eating.
fasting.
feeding practices.
haile selassie.
hospitality.
imperial era.
large scale religious change.
local transformations.
modern secular state.
northern ethiopia.
orthodox christians.
orthodox society.
radical upheaval.
religious traditions.
ritual prohibition.
secularization of the state.
zege peninsula.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422292406719
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Sumario:"The Stranger at the Feast is the first full-length ethnographic study of Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity. Based on two years of field study on the Zege peninsula on Lake Tana between 2008 and 2014, the book follows the material relationships by which Ethiopian Orthodox Christians relate to God, each other, and the material environment. It shows how religious life in Zege is based around a ritual ecology of prohibition and mediation in which fasting and avoidance practices are necessary in order to make the material world fit for religious life. The book traces how religious feeding and fasting practices have been the idiom through which Christians in Zege have understood the turbulent political changes of recent decades"--Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 181 pages) : map; PDF, digital file(s)
Also available in print form
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520968974

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