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A Contextual Reading of Ethiopian Crosses through Form and Ritual : Kaleidoscopes of Meaning /

Evangelatou, Maria

A Contextual Reading of Ethiopian Crosses through Form and Ritual : Kaleidoscopes of Meaning / Maria Evangelatou. - 1 online resource (382 p.)

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY -- CHAPTER TWO. THE CROSS IN THE CONTEXT OF ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIAN CULTURE -- CHAPTER THREE. INTERPRETING ETHIOPIAN CROSSES: THE SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE OF FORM -- CHAPTER FOUR. A THEORETICAL APPROACH TO ETHIOPIAN CROSSES: THE FABRIC OF RITUAL AND THE TREE OF CULTURE -- CONCLUSION. ETHIOPIAN CROSSES AS TIMEFUL GENERATIVE ASSEMBLIES OF MEANING AND DOING -- BIBLIOGRAPHY

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An exploration of the ways in which crosses reflect and shape ideas and practices in Ethiopian culture: from religious values and rituals to magic and apocalyptic beliefs, and from individual identities to socio-political structures and power relations.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781463205782 9781463240226

10.31826/9781463240226 doi


Christian art and symbolism--Ethiopia.
Christianity and culture--Ethiopia.
Christianity--Rites and ceremonies.--Ethiopia
Crosses--Ethiopia.
Christianity.
Orthodox Churches.
RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox.

CC350.E8

246/.5580963