Religious Mahbär in Ethiopia: Ritual Elements, Dynamics, and Challenges
This article explores the religious association mahbär, also called tsïwwa, in Ethiopia. Data from lay practitioners as well as priests show that religious mahbär has many religious as well as social functions. It is a ritual with long traditions in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahedo Church. The author...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of religion in Africa
Jahr: 2016, Band: 46, Heft: 1, Seiten: 3-31 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Äthiopien
/ Äthiopische Kirche
/ Ritus
/ Soziokultureller Wandel
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| RelBib Classification: | KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika KDF Orthodoxe Kirche |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
religious association
Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahïdo Christian
mahbär
tsïwwa
commemoration
zïkïr
gender
modernization
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article explores the religious association mahbär, also called tsïwwa, in Ethiopia. Data from lay practitioners as well as priests show that religious mahbär has many religious as well as social functions. It is a ritual with long traditions in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahedo Church. The authors show that what characterizes mahbär as a ritual is its unusual richness, complexity, multifunctionality and flexibility. By placing it within the Ethiopian religious context and the present development, the authors discuss why religious mahbär is in decline despite its multiple functions, flexibility, and support from the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahïdo Church. In difficult economic times one would expect traditional rituals such as mahbär to become more important to people, and hence to be strengthened, but this does not seem to be the case here. In the authors’ view, three factors are pushing this decline: economic challenges, time constraints, and member recruitment. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0666 |
| Enthält: | In: Journal of religion in Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340062 |