Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity - Militant Devotion in Christianity and Islam

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Sizgorich Klappentext Thomas Sizgorich was Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the shared vocabulary of images and ideas with which late ancient Christians and Muslims imagined the past! present! and future! this book seeks to understand why violent expressions of religious devotion became central to the self-understandings of Christian and Muslim communities between the fourth and ninth centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. "The Devil Spoke from Scripture": Boundary Maintenance and Communal Integrity in Late Antiquity Chapter 2. "The Living Voice of Kindred Blood": Narrative, Identity, and the Primordial Past Chapter 3. "What Has the Pious in Common with the Impious?" Ambrose, Libanius, and the Problem of Late Antique Religious Violence Chapter 4. "Are You Christians?" Violence, Ascetics, and Knowing One's Own Chapter 5. "Horsemen by Day and Monks by Night": Narrative and Community in Islamic Late Antiquity Chapter 6. "The Sword Scrapes away Transgressions": Ascetic Praxis and Communal Boundaries in Late Antique Islam Chapter 7. "Do You Not Fear God?" The Khawarij in Early Islamic Society Chapter 8. "This Is a Very Filthy Question, and No One Should Discuss It": The Messy World of Ibn Hanbal Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Sizgorich
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2014
• EAN: 9780812223057
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2305-7
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion; Divinations: Rereading Late An; Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion; Divinations: Rereading Late An
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works