Shurat Legends, Ibadi Identities - Martyrdom, Asceticism, and the Making of an Early Islamic Community

Informationen zum Autor Adam R. Gaiser is an associate professor of religion at Florida State University, where he teaches classes on Islamic studies. His research interests include early Islamic sectarianism, the Kharijites, Ibadiyya, and early Shia. Gaiser is the author of Muslims, Scholars, Soldiers: The Origin and Elaboration of the Ibadi Imamate Tradition s. Klappentext An analysis of a variety of early Islamic texts to understand the creation and identity of early martyres and ascetics Zusammenfassung Explores the origins and early development of Islamic notions of martyrdom and of martyrdom literature. Adam Gaiser examines the catalogues or lists of martyrs (martyrologies) of the early shurat in the context of late antiquity! showing that shurat literature! as it can be reconstructed! shares continuity with the martyrologies of earlier Christians and other religious groups.

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• Authors: Adam Gaiser, Adam R Gaiser, Adam R. Gaiser
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781611176766
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-676-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Studies in Comparative Religion; Studies in Comparative Religio; Studies in Comparative Religion; Studies in Comparative Religio
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions