TY - BOOK AU - Evangelatou,Maria TI - A Contextual Reading of Ethiopian Crosses through Form and Ritual: Kaleidoscopes of Meaning SN - 9781463205782 AV - CC350.E8 U1 - 246/.5580963 PY - 2018///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - Christian art and symbolism KW - Ethiopia KW - Christianity and culture KW - Christianity KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Crosses KW - Orthodox Churches KW - RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463240226 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463240226 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463240226/original ER -