Violence and belief in late antiquity : militant devotion in Christianity and Islam / Thomas Sizgorich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sizgorich, Thomas.

Series:

Divinations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Violence.

Violence--Religious aspects--Islam.

Martyrdom--Christianity.

Martyrdom.

Martyrdom--Islam.

Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Identity (Psychology).

Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Islam.

Physical Description:

viii, 398 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]

Contents:

"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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-382) and index.

ISBN:

9780812241136

0812241134

OCLC:

226308106