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Autore: | Sizgorich Thomas |
Titolo: | Violence and belief in late antiquity : militant devotion in Christianity and Islam / / Thomas Sizgorich [[electronic resource]] |
Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 398 p. ) |
Disciplina: | 201/.7633209 |
Soggetto topico: | Violence - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Violence - Religious aspects - Islam | |
Martyrdom - Christianity | |
Martyrdom - Islam | |
Identity (Psychology) - Religious aspects - Christianity | |
Identity (Psychology) - Religious aspects - Islam | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-382) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | "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 Ḥanbal. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Violence and belief in late antiquity |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910452379603321 |
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