The Archangel Michael in Africa : history, cult, and persona /
edited by Ingvild Saelid Gilhus, Alexandros Tsakos and Marta Camilla Wright.
- New York : : Bloomsbury Academic,, c2019.
- xv, 246 p ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Archangel Michael in Africa: the African context / On the category of angels / Michael: persona and cult among African Christians / Introduction: Christian Egypt / The Archangel Michael as psychopomp in Christian iconography in Egypt / On the liturgical memories of the Archangel Michael in the Coptic Church and their link with the Nile's rise: some reflections / Textual fluidity and monastic fanfiction: the case of the investiture of the Archangel Michael in Coptic Egypt / Introduction: Christian Nubia / Representations of the Archangel Michael in wall paintings from medieval Nubia / The position of the Archangel Michael within the celestial hierarchy: some aspects of the manifestation of his cult in Nubian painting / Introduction: Christian Ethiopia / Relationships with the Archangel Michael: materiality and healing among Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in contemporary Addis Ababa / The Archangel Michael: an everyday popular saint in Ethiopia / Introduction: South Africa / "Branded" St. Michael: a view from Pretoria on the archangel's position in South African consumer culture / The presence and absence of the Archangel Michael in South Africa / The Archangel Michael in Limpopo: the sculptor Jackson Hlungwani and the angel-star of the Ngoma Lungundu epic / Appendix: Some thoughts on how I came to Michael, or how he came to me / by Alexandros Tsakos (University of Bergen) -- by Ingvild Sl̆id Gilhus (University of Bergen) -- by Marta Camilla Wright (University of Bergen) -- by Ingvild Sl̆id Gilhus (University of Bergen) -- by Karel Innemě (University of Amsterdam) -- by Pietro D'Agostino (Paris-Sorbonne University) -- by Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo) -- by Alexandros Tsakos (University of Bergen) -- by Dobrochna Zielinska (University of Warsaw) and Alexandros Tsakos (University of Bergen) -- by Magdalena Laptas (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw) -- by Marta Camilla Wright (University of Bergen) -- by Marta Camilla Wright (University of Bergen) -- by Dan Levene (University of Southampton) -- by Lize Kriel (University of Pretoria) -- by Lize Kriel (University of Pretoria) -- by Delňe Human (University of Pretoria) -- by Raita Steyn (University of Pretoria) -- by David Tibet (independent researcher) Part 1: On angels and Michael in Africa -- Part 2: The Archangel Michael in Coptic Egypt -- Part 3: The Archangel Michael in Christian Nubia -- Part 4: The Archangel Michael in Christian Ethiopia -- Part 5: The Archangel Michael in South Africa --