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The monastic dimension of identity politics : global case studies from the premodern period / edited by Marco Papasidero, Dean Accardi, and Emilia Jamroziak.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Spirituality and monasticism, east and west.
- Spirituality and monasticism, East and West
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monasticism and religious orders--History.
- Monasticism and religious orders.
- Group identity--Religious aspects.
- Group identity.
- Hagiography--History and criticism.
- Hagiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (137 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- This volume comparatively explores how members of 'monastic' communities, broadly understood, developed practical strategies for the construction of identity across a range of religious traditions in the greater regions of premodern Europe and Asia. In particular, it seeks to understand how the production, distribution, and reception of hagiographic material (written, visual, and performative) served as a tool for the implementation of 'monastic' dynamics of legitimation.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Front matter
- Half-title
- Series information
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- Body
- Introduction
- The Birth of an Idea
- The Essays
- Monasticism, Identity, and Hagiography
- Bibliography
- Chapter 1. Communal and Individual Monastic Identity in Gregory the Great's Dialogues
- Gregory the Great, Hagiography, and Monasticism
- Two Debates Surrounding Gregory the Great
- Gregory's Individual Monastic Identity
- From Individual to Communal Identity: The Case of Peter
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Chapter 2. Hagiography and Monastic Legitimacy in the Translation of St Helena's Relics to Hautvillers
- The Theft of St Helena
- The Authenticity of the Relics
- St Helena's Body as Performing Miraculous Healings
- The Theft and the Monastery
- A Comparison with Medieval Italy: The Case of St John of Spoleto
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. The Many Hagiographical Identities of the Chinese Buddhist Nun Zhujin
- The Earliest Hagiographical Account: Zhujin's Married Life
- Death: Zhujin's Ascension to the Pure Land of Amitābha Buddha
- List of Abbreviations for Buddhist Canonical Collections
- Chapter 4. Hagiography Beyond the Saints: Redefining Genre and Kashmiri Identity through Sanctifying Narrative
- Genre
- Who is Among the Holy?
- For What is this Praise?
- Chapter 5. A Re-membered Community: The Myth of Śaṅkara and the Making of the Smārtas
- Monastic Myths
- The Ascent of Śiva
- Signing On
- The Inner Conflict of Tradition
- The Veda of Action and Knowledge
- Holy Hierarchy
- Smārtas Re-membered
- What's Good for the Goose.
- Ritual Rejected and Rehabilitated
- Chapter 6. The Ascetic and the Ecstatic: Examples of Identity Construction in the Rāmānandī Sampradāya
- Hagiographies as Sources
- On Kṛṣṇadās Payahārī
- Kīlhdev and the Tyāgī Branch
- Agradās and the Rasik Branch
- Different Monastic Communities, Different Monastic Identities
- Back matter
- Conclusions
- Hagiographies Compared
- Monastic Identities and Constellations of Diversity
- Legitimation, Locality, and Power
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 8, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781802702163
- 1802702164
- OCLC:
- 1468039608
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