TY  - BOOK
AU  - Teigen,HÃ¥kon Fiane
TI  - A Manichaean Church at Kellis
T2  - Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
SN  - 9789004459779
AV  - D1 
U1  - 905 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL, 
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This volume offers a comprehensive account of a Manichaean community in fourth-century Roman Egypt. The study analyses papyrological material from Kellis, a village in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis, and their implications for Manichaeism as a socio-religious movement. Drawing on social network theory and engaging with current trends in the study of lived ancient religion, Teigen explores how lay families at Kellis cohered as a religious community. Whereas recent scholarship has seen the laity here as largely detached from distinctively Manichaean traditions, he argues that the papyri in fac reveal a community immersed in Manichaean ideas and practices. The book thereby shows how new religious identities were deeply entangled in everyday social life in late antiquity
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004459779
ER  -