{"product_id":"religion-and-the-everyday-life-mattias-brand-9789004508224","title":"Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis: Beyond Light and Darkness","description":"Published in Open Access with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Manfred Lautenschl臠er Award!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Religion is never simply \u003ci\u003ethere\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eReligion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis\u003c\/i\u003e, Mattias Brand shows \u003ci\u003ewhere\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ewhen\u003c\/i\u003e ordinary individuals and families in Egypt practiced a Manichaean way of life. Rather than portraying this ancient religion as a well-structured, totalizing community, the fourth-century papyri sketch a dynamic image of lived religious practice, with all the contradictions, fuzzy boundaries, and limitations of everyday life. Following these microhistorical insights, this book demonstrates how family life, gift-giving, death rituals, communal gatherings, and book writing are connected to our larger academic debates about religious change in late antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mattias Brand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004508228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004508224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Mattias Brand","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053100101887,"sku":"9789004508224","price":161.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0393b87f-3e7c-4acf-a3e4-812cf98c2ebb.jpg?v=1685022406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/religion-and-the-everyday-life-mattias-brand-9789004508224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}