Violence and belief in late antiquity : militant devotion in Christianity and Islam / / Thomas Sizgorich [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Sizgorich Thomas
• 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
• 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.: 9910779144603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Divinations.