Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis Beyond Light and Darkness

Religion is never simply there. In Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis, Mattias Brand shows where and when 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 f...

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Main Author: Brand, Mattias
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Brill 2022
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