Guardians of Islam - Religious Authority and Muslim Communities of Late Medieval Spain

Informationen zum Autor Kathryn Miller Klappentext Muslim enclaves within non-Islamic polities are commonly believed to have been persecuted communities under relentless cultural and religious decline. Cut off from the Islamic world and under constant pressure to convert either to Christianity or Judaism! these Muslim cultures! it is assumed! passively yielded to the political! social! and economic forces of assimilation and acculturation before finally accepting the dogma of Christianity. Kathryn Miller radically reconceptualizes the "enclave" experience of Medieval Muslim minorities. By focusing on the legal scholars (or faqihs) of fifteenth-century Aragonese Muslim communities! she finds a sustained effort to connect with Muslim coreligionaries and preserve individual practice and belief in the face of Christian influences. Miller follows the activities of the faqihs! their dialogue with Islamic authorities in nearby Muslim polities! their engagement with Islamic texts! and their pursuit of traditional ideals of faith. She discovers that these local scholars played a critical role as cultural mediators! creating scholarly networks and interfaith solidarity while entrenched in an environment saturated with Christianity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: The Muslim Exclaves in Christian Spain 1. On the Border of Infidelity 2. From Dar al-Islam to Dar al-Harb: Landscapes of Mudejar Spain 3. Transmitting Knowledge and Building Networks 4. Write It Down! 5. Pretending to Be Jurists 6. The Scholar's Jihad! the Mudejar Mosque! and Preaching 7. Captive Redemption: From Dar al-Harb to Dar al-Islam Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Kathryn Miller, Kathryn Miller, Kathryn A. Miller, Kathryn Professor (Institut Fur Oesterreic Miller, Kathryn Professor (Institut fur OEsterreichische Geschichtsforschung) Miller, Miller Kathryn A.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.10.2008
• EAN: 9780231136129
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13612-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Islam, Spain, RELIGION / Islam / General, HISTORY / Europe / Western, RELIGION / Islam / History, Religion & beliefs, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval