The stranger at the feast: prohibition and mediation in an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian community

Introduction : prohibition and a ritual regime -- A history of mediation -- Fasting, bodies, and the calendar -- Proliferations of mediators -- Blood, silver, and coffee -- Spirits in the marketplace -- Concrete, bones, and feasts -- Echoes of the host -- The media landscape -- The knowledge of the...

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Main Author: Boylston, Tom (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oakland, California University of Californiarnia Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:The anthropology of Christianity 23
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tana / Äthiopische Kirche / Spiritual life
Further subjects:B Ethiopia Church history
B Taboo Case studies Ethiopia
B Christianity Case studies Ethiopia
B Mediation Case studies Religious aspects Christianity
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic