The Stranger at the Feast: Prohibition and Mediation in an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Community
"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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Oakland, California
University of Californiarnia Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethiopia
Church history
B Christianity Case studies (Ethiopia) B Mediation ; Religious aspects ; Christianity B Ethiopia ; Church history B Ethiopia ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01205830 B Christianity B Mediation ; Religious aspects ; Christianity ; Case studies B Christianity ; Ethiopia ; Case studies B Taboo Case studies (Ethiopia) B Mediation ; Religious aspects ; Christianity ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst02008061 B Taboo ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01141792 B Christianity ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00859599 B Case Studies B Mediation Case studies Religious aspects Christianity B Taboo B Church History B Taboo ; Ethiopia ; Case studies B Ethiopia |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780520968974 |
| Summary: | "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. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0520968972 |
| Access: | Open Access |