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

"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.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422292406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 world
  • Conclusion.

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