RT Article
T1 Baptizing into Kin: Religion and Peace in a Multi-ethnic Village in Georgia
JF Journal of religion in Europe
VO 14
IS 3/4
SP 272
OP 296
A1 Gurchiani, Ketevan
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1783436417
AB Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a multi-ethnic village in Georgia, this paper shows how everyday peace is continuously reaffirmed in the tradition of inviting Muslim godparents to baptize Christian children. The Muslim godparents perform the roles of the chosen Christians while at the same time remaining Muslim. Hybrid local lay-religious practices around the ritual of christening are analyzed within a larger cultural semiotics that allows reciprocity of perspectives and, specifically in this context, enables the recruitment of non-Christians into the role of godparent. Religion serves as a ground for asserting peace.
K1 everyday diplomacy
K1 Peace
K1 Performativity
K1 Cultural Semiotics
K1 Rituals
DO 10.1163/18748929-bja10060