Provincializing Histories of Missions through Food : Friars and the Consumption of Kumiss in the Mongol Empire

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F23%3A00133193" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/23:00133193 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://journals.phil.muni.cz/religio" target="_blank" >https://journals.phil.muni.cz/religio</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/Rel2023-2-5" target="_blank" >10.5817/Rel2023-2-5</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Provincializing Histories of Missions through Food : Friars and the Consumption of Kumiss in the Mongol Empire

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article focuses on the question of the consumption of kumiss, a drink made from fermented mare’s milk, among the various religious groups coexisting in the medieval Mongol empire. Inspired by Actor-Network Theory (B. Latour) and the project of provincializing Europe (D. Chakrabarthy), the article provides a comparative contextual analysis of medieval sources, including accounts of the Franciscan friars John of Plano Carpini and William of Rubruck, and other relevant sources relating to the history of the principalities of Rus’, communities of Syriac and Armenian Christians, and the Mongols. It sheds light on the role of kumiss as a natural, cultural, and religious agent, which provoked diverse attitudes among the different religious groups and revealed their interdenominational and interreligious dynamics. Comparing the various, often contrasting attitudes towards kumiss consumption enables us to better understand the missionary situation of the Franciscan friars and also reveal the practical challenges and problems facing medieval Christian missions in the Mongol empire.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Provincializing Histories of Missions through Food : Friars and the Consumption of Kumiss in the Mongol Empire

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article focuses on the question of the consumption of kumiss, a drink made from fermented mare’s milk, among the various religious groups coexisting in the medieval Mongol empire. Inspired by Actor-Network Theory (B. Latour) and the project of provincializing Europe (D. Chakrabarthy), the article provides a comparative contextual analysis of medieval sources, including accounts of the Franciscan friars John of Plano Carpini and William of Rubruck, and other relevant sources relating to the history of the principalities of Rus’, communities of Syriac and Armenian Christians, and the Mongols. It sheds light on the role of kumiss as a natural, cultural, and religious agent, which provoked diverse attitudes among the different religious groups and revealed their interdenominational and interreligious dynamics. Comparing the various, often contrasting attitudes towards kumiss consumption enables us to better understand the missionary situation of the Franciscan friars and also reveal the practical challenges and problems facing medieval Christian missions in the Mongol empire.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60304 - Religious studies

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Religio: Revue pro religionistiku

ISSN

1210-3640

e-ISSN

2336-4475

Svazek periodika

31

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

26

Strana od-do

281-306

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85184933778