Baptizing into Kin: Religion and Peace in a Multi-ethnic Village in Georgia

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 r...

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主要作者: Gurchiani, Ketevan (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: Brill 2021
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2021, 卷: 14, 發布: 3/4, Pages: 272-296
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Georgien / 多元文化社會 / 基督徒 / 洗禮 / 穆斯林 / 教父母 / 宗教間關係 / 和平
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AX Inter-religious relations
CB Christian life; spirituality
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
CH Christianity and Society
KBK Europe (East)
Further subjects:B Rituals
B Performativity
B Peace
B everyday diplomacy
B Cultural Semiotics
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總結: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.
ISSN:1874-8929
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-bja10060