Autobiography anthropology of religion

Living a Religious Life: The Display of Religious Experience in Egyptian Autobiographies Maria Michela Luiselli Independent Scholar Numerous and extensive studies on Egyptian so-called autobiographies focus on many different aspects of this textual genre,1 including their relations to more strictly literary genres, language issues, social backgrounds, functions, and more.

However, the religious dimension of autobiographies has received far less attention, with only a few studies carried out so far.2 “Religious systems are seen as structures perpetuated by the black box of an abstract society, while the subjective experience of the individuals that make up society is often ignored,” as J.

L. Dornan observed.3 Her statement is set within cultural phenomenological studies and reflects the way religions of ancient societies are traditionally approached and investigated. It is an appropriate summary