1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910150346803321

Titolo

Everyday media culture in Africa : audiences and users / / edited by Wendy Willems and Winston Mano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-315-47275-9

0-367-89028-3

1-315-47277-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 pages)

Collana

Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies ; ; 18

Disciplina

302.230967

Soggetti

Mass media - Audiences

Mass media - Social aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Mass media and culture - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Telecommunication - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910876571203321

Autore

Mojsov Bojana

Titolo

Osiris : death and afterlife of a god / / Bojana Mojsov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2005

ISBN

1-280-23813-5

9786610238132

0-470-79641-3

0-470-77375-8

1-4051-4356-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Disciplina

299.31

299/.312113

Soggetti

Mysteries, Religious - History

Christianity - Origin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-144) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The myth makers -- Enter the divine king -- Abydos -- Pyramid builders -- The mysteries -- Rise of the empire -- Golden pharaohs -- Books of the afterlife -- Toward the sunset -- Greeks in Egypt -- The Roman legacy.

Sommario/riassunto

Bojana Mojsov tells the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning to end, sketching its development throughout 3,000 years of Egyptian history. Draws together the numerous records about Osiris from the third millennium B.C. to the Roman conquest of Egypt. Demonstrates that the cult of Osiris was the most popular and enduring of the ancient religions. Shows how the cult provided direct antecedents for many ideas, traits and customs in Christianity, including the concept of the trinity, baptism in the sacred river, and the sacrament of the Eucharist. Reveals the