LEADER 03163nam 2200517 450 001 9910490028203321 005 20221001091528.0 010 $a90-04-45977-4 035 $a(CKB)5600000000001109 035 $a(NjHacI)995600000000001109 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30291715 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30291715 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71033 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000001109 100 $a20221001d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Manichaean Church at Kellis $eSocial Networks and Religious Identity in Late Antique Egypt /$fHa?kon Fiane Teigen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cBrill$d2021 210 1$aLeiden :$cBRILL,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (xx, 345 pages) 225 1 $aNag Hammadi and Manichaean studies 311 $a90-04-45976-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Mani's Church and Social Life -- Life in Kellis: Society and Religion in an Oasis Town -- The Pamour Family: Familial and Economic Networks -- Village Networks: The Small World of Fourth-Century Kellis -- Manichaean Cues: Religious Identity in Everyday Life -- Manichaean Networks: The Social Networks of the Laity at Kellis -- Manichaean Books: Textual Practices, Community, and the Literary Texts -- Manichaean Rituals: Elect and Laity at Kellis -- The Manichaean Church: Elect Organisation -- Conclusion: A Church in the World. 330 $aThe Manichaean Church in Kellis presents an in-depth study of social organisation within the religious movement known as Manichaeism in Roman Egypt. In particular, it employs papyri from Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab), a village in the Dakhleh Oasis, to explore the socio-religious world of lay Manichaeans in the fourth century CE. Manichaeism has often been perceived as an elitist, esoteric religion. Challenging this view, Teigen draws on social network theory and cultural sociology, and engages with the study of lived ancient religion, in order to apprehend how laypeople in Kellis appropriated Manichaean identity and practice in their everyday lives. This perspective, he argues, not only provides a better understanding of Manichaeism: it also has wider implications for how we understand late antique ?religion? as a social phenomenon Readership: All interested in the history of Manichaeism, in late antique religion and religious change in the Roman Empire, the application of sociological theory to papyri, and the archaeology of Kellis. 410 0$aNag Hammadi and Manichaean studies. 606 $aCivilization 606 $aManichaeism 607 $aKellis (Extinct city)$xCivilization 610 $aReligion: general 615 0$aCivilization. 615 0$aManichaeism. 676 $a299.932 700 $aTeigen$b Ha?kon Fiane$01261406 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910490028203321 996 $aThe Manichaean Church at Kellis$92935291 997 $aUNINA