LEADER 03253oam 22006134a 450 001 9910825064503321 005 20240418022747.0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104515 035 $a(MH)011786718-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441605 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104515 100 $a20080416d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aViolence and belief in late antiquity $emilitant devotion in Christianity and Islam /$fThomas Sizgorich$b[electronic resource] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 398 p. ) 225 1 $aDivinations 311 $a0-8122-4113-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [367]-382) and index. 327 $a"The devil spoke from Scripture" : boundary maintenance and communal integrity in late antiquity -- "The living voice of kindred blood" : narrative, identity, and the primordial past -- "What has the pious in common with the impious?" : Ambrose, Libanius, and the problem of late antique religious violence -- "Are you Christians?" : violence, ascetics, and knowing one's own -- "Horsemen by day and monks by night" : narrative and community in Islamic late antiquity -- "The sword scrapes away transgressions" : ascetic praxis and communal boundaries in late antique Islam -- "Do you not fear God?" : the Khawarij in early Islamic society -- "This is a very filthy question and no one should discuss it" : the messy world of Ibn ?anbal. 330 $aFocusing on the shared vocabulary of images and ideas with which late ancient Christians and Muslims imagined the past, present, and future, this book seeks to understand why violent expressions of religious devotion became central to the self-understandings of Christian and Muslim communities between the fourth and ninth centuries. 410 0$aDivinations. 606 $aViolence$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aViolence$xReligious aspects$xIslam 606 $aMartyrdom$xChristianity 606 $aMartyrdom$xIslam 606 $aIdentity (Psychology)$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aIdentity (Psychology)$xReligious aspects$xIslam 615 0$aViolence$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aViolence$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 615 0$aMartyrdom$xChristianity. 615 0$aMartyrdom$xIslam. 615 0$aIdentity (Psychology)$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aIdentity (Psychology)$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 676 $a201/.7633209 700 $aSizgorich$b Thomas$01685316 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bBTCTA 801 2$bBAKER 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bC#P 801 2$bBWX 801 2$bCDX 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825064503321 996 $aViolence and belief in late antiquity$94057370 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress