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The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series: "Copts and Christian-Muslim Mediation: The Social Life of Theology in Egypt"

Angie Heo. Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Sociology of Religion, University of Chicago, Divinity School and the College
Friday, October 18, 2019
3:00-5:00 PM
411 West Hall Map
"For Egypt's Coptic Orthodox, image theology is central to mediating human-divine relations. From the Arab uprisings to Sisi's military coup, varying theologies of material imagination have enabled communal critique and minoritarian identification. This talk navigates the social life of theology to understand how visual images organize relations between Christians and Muslims toward national and sectarian ends. In doing so, it considers the communicative aesthetics of religion and the creative making of religious difference within the terms of national unity."

The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series presents speakers on current topics in the field of anthropology
Building: West Hall
Event Type: Lecture / Discussion
Tags: AEM Featured, Anthropology
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Department of Anthropology, Judaic Studies, Department of Middle East Studies, Global Islamic Studies Center, Mcubed