Christianizing Egypt: Syncretism and Local Worlds in Late AntiquityPrinceton University Press, 8 juin 2021 - 336 pages How does a culture become Christian, especially one that is heir to such ancient traditions and spectacular monuments as Egypt? This book offers a new model for envisioning the process of Christianization by looking at the construction of Christianity in the various social and creative worlds active in Egyptian culture during late antiquity. |
Table des matières
Remodeling the Christianization of Egypt | 1 |
The Problem of Pagan Survivals IV Syncretism and Purification 7 | 7 |
Social Sites and Religious Worlds of Syncretism in Late Antique Egypt | 24 |
Postscript on Comparison and the Scope of Argument | 31 |
Defining the Domestic Sphere and Its Religious Character in Late Antique Egypt | 38 |
The Domestic World as Site of Religious Bricolage | 48 |
Domestic Ritual Domestic Agents and the Syncretic Construction of Christianity | 54 |
Gender and Creative Independence | 64 |
Possession and the Performance of Spirits and Saintly Power | 138 |
Conclusion | 144 |
Workshops in Late Antique Egypt | 151 |
Examples | 160 |
Conclusion | 181 |
Scribality and Syncretism | 184 |
Scribes and the Magic of Word and Song | 197 |
Conclusion | 228 |
From Saint to Regional Prophet III Exorcism and the Reordering of Tradition | 74 |
Holy Men in the Egyptian Landscape | 87 |
Conclusion | 100 |
The Saints Shrine as Social Site | 108 |
Festivals and Their Gestures | 114 |
Imprecation Contact Votive | 126 |
Temples and Churches | 237 |
Procession and the Perception of Landscape | 248 |
Afterword | 257 |
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Illustration Credits | 309 |