Christian identity amid Islam in medieval Spain / by Charles L. Tieszen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tieszen, Charles Lowell, 1978-

Series:

Studies on the Children of Abraham 3.

Studies on the children of abraham ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Islam.

Christianity and other religions.

Islam--Relations--Christianity.

Islam.

Christians--Spain--History--To 1500.

Christians.

Islam--Spain--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain Charles L. Tieszen explores a small corpus of texts from medieval Spain in an effort to deduce how their authors defined their religious identity in light of Islam, and in turn, how they hoped their readers would distinguish themselves from the Muslims in their midst. It is argued that the use of reflected self-image as a tool for interpreting Christian anti-Muslim polemic allows such texts to be read for the self-image of their authors instead of the image of just those they attacked. As such, polemic becomes a set of borders authors offered to their communities, helping them to successfully navigate inter-religious living.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 Contending Borders

2 Outlining Borders of Religious Identity

3 The Borders that Divide

4 Becoming a Mozarab Center

5 Another View from the Borders of Religious Identity

6 Permeable Borders

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-19229-8

OCLC:

849249793

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004192294 DOI