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
Summary
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
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In English
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